Public Boards: From Leadership to Impact
Public Boards: From Leadership to Impact
Take your leadership skills to the next level: learn how to identify and prepare for board opportunities. Heather Wolf, who has worked in corporate governance for 20 years and now specializes in placing talented executives on corporate boards as Managing Director of Trewstar, shares tips for identifying opportunities, preparing for interviews, and managing board responsibilities.
The session will focus on these key topics:
- Readiness to serve on boards
- Career paths and experiences for boards
- Identification of board opportunities
- Board bios and interviews
- Time commitment and potential conflicts
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*Note: Event information updated 4/28/2023. Heather Wolf is the speaker for this event.*
Zoom link to follow via email upon registration.
About the Speaker:
Heather Wolf has worked in the world of corporate governance for nearly 20 years. In her current role at Trewstar, she specializes in placing talented executives on corporate boards, ranging from Fortune 100 to Series A companies across industry sectors.
Heather previously spent 15 years with the Financial Times developing and hosting events for corporate directors and senior executives. Under her leadership, the FT Outstanding Directors Exchange (ODX) conference series and awards program became the gold standard for director education and improving corporate governance. Heather also developed and launched the FT Global CFO Forum and FT US Banking Forum.
Prior to working with the FT, Heather was a director at Wolff Olins, a leading strategic branding firm, where she worked in Europe, Israel, and the US. She was previously a principal at Capgemini, where she led business transformation projects in the US (Equity Life, Texaco, Unocal), Europe (Amerada Hess, AXA, Hill Samuel, Mobil Europe) and South Africa (Investec/Fedsure, McCarthy Motor Holdings, Southern Life, South African Telkom). She began her career in a business development role at Aon in Chicago and LA.
Contact Information
Primary Contact
MIT Sloan Career Development Office
askcdo@mit.edu
