Noreena Hertz
Director since: 2017
Committee memberships: Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Professional Experience: Professor Hertz has served as a director since September 15, 2017 and previously served as a director from May 1, 2014 through May 22, 2016. Professor Hertz advises some of the biggest organizations and most senior figures in the world on strategy, decision-making, ESG and global economic and geo-political macro risk and trends. Her bestselling books, Eyes Wide Open, the Silent Takeover, IOU: The Debt Threat and The Lonely Century have been published in over 20 countries. Professor Hertz served as a member of Citigroup’s Politics and Economics Global Advisory Board between 2007 and 2008 and as a member of the Advisory Group steering McKinsey CEO Dominic Barton’s Inclusive Capitalism Taskforce between 2012 and 2013. She currently sits on the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Compensation Committee of the HR Tech company Workhuman and on the Board of Directors, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee of Mattel.
A much sought-after commentator on television and radio Hertz contributes to a wide range of publications and networks including The BBC, CNN, CNBC, CBS, ITV, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, the Financial Times, the Guardian, The Washington Post, The Times of London, Wired, and Nature. She has given Keynote Speeches at TED and The World Economic Forum, as well as for leading global corporations, and has shared platforms with such luminaries as President Bill Clinton and James Wolfensohn. An influential economist on the international stage, Professor Hertz also played a pivotal role in the development of (RED), an innovative commercial model to raise money for people with AIDS in Africa, having inspired Bono (co-founder of the project) with her writings. Professor Hertz has been described by the Observer as “one of the world’s leading young thinkers,” Vogue as “one of the world’s most inspiring women” and was featured on the cover of Newsweek’s September 30, 2013 issue in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Having spent 10 years at the University of Cambridge
as Associate Director of the Centre for International Business and Management, in 2014 she moved to University College London where she is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity.
Skills and Qualifications: Professor Hertz brings beneficial experience and attributes to the Board, including over 25 years of experience in advising companies and governments in a variety of sectors and geographies on macro economic, political and regulatory risk, strategy and policy, M&A, intelligence gathering and analysis, millennials and post-millennials and ESG. In addition, Ms. Hertz has also held senior academic positions where her research has focused on decision-making, risk assessment and management, globalization, innovation, the post millennials, community building and ESG.