Experienced Executive Coaches, Mentors & Leaders

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Our global team of experienced executive mentors have each spent a decade or more running complex, global organizations. Trained as executive coaches, The ExCo Group mentors bring their hard–won wisdom to leadership development.

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Shellye Archambeau

Former CEO
MetricStream

Board Director
Verizon
Okta
Roper Technologies

Shellye Archambeau

Former Board Director
Nordstrom

Strategic Advisor
Forbes Ignite

Janet Barnard

Former CPO & Divisional President
Cox Automotive

Former President
Manheim

Janet Barnard

Former Boards
Virginia Cable and Telecommunications Association

George Mason University

Georgia State Chamber of Commerce

Paul Block

Paul Block

Former Chairman, CEO, and President
Revlon International

Chairman & CEO
Proteus Capital Associates

Paul Block

Former Operating Partner
Behrman Capital

Former Advisor
AIG

CP Group of Thailand Macy’s Corp.

Wellpoint Health Insurance

Clinton Global Initiative

NYPD

Deborah Bothun

Deborah Bothun

Former Global Lead, Media and Entertainment Practice
PwC

Deborah Bothun

Boards
UNICEF’s NY Philanthropic Advisory Board
PwC’s National Retired Partners Board

Former Boards & Advisory Roles
USC Marshall School of Business, Institute of Communication and Technology

VMLY&R

CEO Action for Racial Equity Alliance

Leslie Bradshaw

Leslie Bradshaw

Former Board Member
Hyper Island

Executive in Residence
Mach49

Leslie Bradshaw

Bob Brennan, executive coach, is an esteemed director and former CEO with a strong background in technology and startups.

Bob Brennan

Chairman
Fairwinds

BitSight

Former Chairman & CEO
Veracode

Bob Brennan

Former CEO
Iron Mountain

Connected Corporation

Board Director
Transifex

Howard Bubb

Howard Bubb

Board Member
Napatech

CEO
SARTA

Howard Bubb

Former Chairman & CEO
Ambric

Former President & CEO
Netronome

Former Corporate Vice President
Intel Corporation

Cameron Byers

Cameron Byers

Former President & CEO
BP Energy Co. NA

Former SVP
Salzyme, Inc.

Cameron Byers

Chairman of the Roundtable
Sustainable Biomaterials Services Foundation

Niren Chaudhary

Former Chairman & CEO
Panera Brands, Inc.

Former COO & President
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.

Niren Chaudhary

Former Global President
KFC

Former President
Yum! India

Reji Cherian

Reji Cherian

Former SVP
Capgemini

Former CTO
Talavvy Business Catalysts, LLP.

Seimens Shared Services Group

Reji Cherian

Former Board Member & Executive Director
T-Systems India (subsidiary of Deutsche Telecom Group)

Lenny Comma

Lenny Comma

Former Chairman & CEO
Jack in the Box, Inc.

Independent Director
Burger BossCo. Holdings, Inc.

The Wills Group, Inc.

Lenny Comma

Former Boards
Big Brothers Big Sisters

The Jack in the Box Foundation

Kerry Whorton Cooper

Former President & COO
Rothy’s

Board Member
Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Kerry Whorton Cooper

Board Chair
Upstart
Mozilla Corporation

Venture Advisor
Acrew Capita

Lynn Crump-Caine

Former EVP & COO
McDonalds Corp.

Board Chair & Director
Wingstop, Inc.

Lynn Crump-Caine

Board Member
Thrivent Financial

Advocate Health

Former Board Member
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.

Advocate Aurora Health Care

Advocate Health

Alessandra da Costa Morrison

Former CHRO
CIA Hering

Board Member
Instituto Bold

Conselho Curador FEA/USP

Alessandra da Costa Morrison

Member of People and Culture Committee
Sistema B Brasil (Bcorporation)

Former Senior Director of HR
Kimberly-Clark

Former Board Member
Fundação Hermann Hering

Sarah Diamond

Former Global MD of Financial Services
IBM

Board Member
Dubber

Sarah Diamond

Boards
Quantexa

University of Oxford

American Friends of St. Hilda’s

Former Vice Chair
Promontory Financial Group, IBM Company

Advisory Roles
Columbia University, Technology Management

Jeannie Diefenderfer, executive mentor and coach at The ExCo Group

Jeannie Diefenderfer

Former SVP of Global Engineering & Planning
Verizon

Independent Director
DigitalBridge Group

Irth Solutions

Jeannie Diefenderfer

Former Network Advisory Council Chair

Accenture

Former Board Member
NACD NJ Chapter

Olin College of Engineering

Former Vice Chair
Women in America

Kathleen Dyer

Kathleen Dyer

Former CIO
Adventist HealthCare

Board Member
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital

American University

Kathleen Dyer

Former Partner & Executive Committee Member
Booz Allen Hamilton

Christine Elliott

Former CEO
Institute for Turnaround

Chair
The Health and Care Professions Council

Christine Elliott

Chair
Positive Planet UK Advisory Board
Wellbeing at Work World

Former Chair
The College of Policing

Duriya Farooqui

Board Director
Intercontinental Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Intercontinental Hotels Group

Former President of Supply Chain Innovation 
Georgia Pacific

Duriya Farooqui

Board Member
ICE NGX
NYSE Board Advisory Council (Co-Chair)

Reyad Fezzani

Former CEO
BP Global Wind & Solar

BP Petrochemicals

Reyad Fezzani

Board & Advisory Roles
Carbon Collect Limited

Woodard & Curran

Alliance of Chief Executives

Oerlikon AG

Terramont Infrastructure Fund

TwingTec AG

Pamela Fields

Former CEO
Stetson Worldwide, Inc.

ZoCo Holdings, LP

Pamela Fields

Former President
Tag Heuer US

Waterbury Watch Co. division of Timex, Inc

Scott Finder

Scott Finder

Former Managing Director
BlackRock

Former Chief Digital Officer
First Republic Bank

Scott Finder

Former Board Member
American Diabetes Association

Independent Board Director
Provoke Solutions

Kenneth Freeman

Kenneth Freeman

Former CEO & Chairman
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Former Partner
KKR

Kenneth Freeman

Board Member
Laureate Education

Lightcast

Dean Emeritus
Boston University Questrom School of Business

Saar Gillai

Saar Gillai

Former CEO
Teridion

Chairman
Liquid Instruments

Saar Gillai

Independent Board Director
Semtech

Former SVP & GM
HP Cloud

HPE’s Communications Solutions Business

Dave Goebel

Former CEO
Applebee’s International, Inc.

Chairman of the Board
Jack in the Box, Inc.

Del Taco

Wingstop Restaurants, Inc.

Dave Goebel

Board Member
Wingstop, Inc.

Murphy USA

iOR Partners

Former Board Member
Children’s Mercy Hospital

Pamela Goldberg

Former President and CEO
Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)

Pamela Goldberg

Former CEO
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Advisory Board Member
Shadowbox

Founding Director
The Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University

Dr. Iris Good

Board Chair
Imperial College Seed Fund, UK

Board Chair
Good Relations India, India

Dr. Iris Good

Board Member
London Business School HealthTech Challenge

Weizmann-UK

Bruce Gordon

Former Worldwide SVP & CFO
Disney Interactive Media Group

Board Member
FaZe Clan (FAZE)

Bruce Gordon

Board Member
Ascencia

The ExCo Group

Former President
Disney Television Station

Senior Media and Entertainment Advisor
AlixPartners

Patrick Gournay

Former CEO
The Body Shop International

Dannon USA

Patrick Gournay

Former CEO
Arc International

Mark Gumz

Mark Gumz

Former President & CEO
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Mark Gumz

Advisory Roles
CEO – Institute for Transformative Technologies

Former Vice Chair & Board Trustee
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

Ivgen Guner

Former EVP of Finance
Oracle

Ivgen Guner

John Hartman

Former President of International
Equifax, Inc.

John Hartman

Former Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer
Acuity Brands

Kerry Hatch

Kerry Hatch

Former President
American Express Small Business

Starwood Luxury Brands

Kerry Hatch

Board Member
Fevo

Former Board Member
Vistage International

Akira Hoshino

Akira Hoshino

Former CEO
Century Medical Inc.

Current Auditor
CARE International Japan

Akira Hoshino

Former SVP
ITOCHU International, Inc.

Former Chairman
North American Energy Services

Marty Holleran

Marty Holleran

Board Member Emeritus
The ExCo Group

Former President & CEO
Electrolux Home Care Products NA

Marty Holleran

Chairman of the Board
GFR Consulting

Founding Board Member
The ExCo Group

CEO
Holleran Association

Andrew House

Andrew House

Former CEO & Chairman
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Board Member
Nissan Motor Corp.

Andrew House

Board Member
Viaplay Group

Dentsu Group Inc

Nordic Entertainment Group

Advisory Roles
Intelity

Henna Inam

Board Director
Engro Corp

Former Global Head of e-Innovation
Novartis

Henna Inam

Former Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer
CIBA Vision (a Novartis company)

Board of Counselors
The Carter Center

Deborah Lee James

Deborah James

Former Secretary of the US Air Force
The United States Department of Defense

Deborah Lee James

Former President
SAIC

Board Member
Auria

Textron

Unisys

Barbara Khouri

Barbara Khouri

Former Deputy CEO & President
Swatch – US

Barbara Khouri

Former CEO & Board Director
Movie Star, Inc.

Mutterperl Group

Former President, COO, and Board Member
Esmark

Tom Kilroy

Tom Kilroy

Former EVP, Corporate Strategy
Intel

Board Member
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Tom Kilroy

Former Board Member
Q5id

Acronis

Beth Krasna

Beth Krasna

President of the Board of Directors
Ethos Services SA

Geneva Graduate Institute

Beth Krasna

Vice President of the Board of Directors
Symbiotics SA

Former CEO
Valtronic Holding SA

Sécheron SA

Symalit AG

Denice Kronau

Denice Kronau

Former CEO
Siemens Global Shared Services

Former CFO
Siemens US

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

Denice Kronau

Former Chief Diversity Officer
Siemens AG

Board Member
Chair of the Finance Committee – Town of Nantucket, MA

The Dreamland (Nantucket’s Non-Profit Film and Culture Center)

Anastassia Lauterbach

Former EVP
Deutsche Telekom

Former Senior Vice President
Qualcomm

Anastassia Lauterbach

Bestselling Author in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Corporate Governance

Judge of German AI Price, German Digital Award

Co-founder German and Austrian Chapters Women Corporate Directors

Christopher F. Lee

Senior Partner
FAA Investments

Board Member
Matthews Asia Funds

Christopher F. Lee

Strategic Advisory Board Member
Linqto.com

Former Board Member
Dixon Advisory Group’s Asia Master Fund

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd

Former Managing Director
Deutsche Bank

Nina Link

Nina Link

Former CEO
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media

Group President
Sesame Workshop

Nina Link

Former Board Member
Ad Council

New York University’s Center for Publishing

International Federation of Periodical Press (FIPP)

Senior Advisor
Out Leadership

Don H. Liu

Former EVP & Chief Legal & Risk Officer
Target Corporation

Former EVP & General Counsel
Xerox

Don H. Liu

Board Member
Invesco Mortgage Capital

Board Member, Chair of Nominations & Governance
Haverford College

Former SVP, General Counsel, & Corporate Compliance Officer
Toll Brothers

Kim Lubel

Former Chairman & CEO
CST Brands

Board Member
PBF Energy, Inc.

Arcosa, Inc.

Westlake Corporation

Kim Lubel

Board Member
United Ways Texas

Southwest Research Institute

Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann

Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann

Former CEO
Banamex USA

Board Director
Everest Consolidator

Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp I

Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann

Board Member
Flutterwave

Advisory Roles
BANYAN

DigitalDx Ventures

President
Citibank CA

Jim Mannebach

Jim Mannebach

Former CEO
Norgren

Board Member and Former CEO
Power Sonic Corp.

Jim Mannebach

Chairman and Interim CEO
Velan, Inc.

Managing Member
Blackbird Investment Group

Kathy Murphy

Kathy Murphy

Former President & CEO
Corning Gilbert

Kathy Murphy

Former Advisory Roles
Arizona State Polytechnic School

Valley of the Sun United Way

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering

George Napier

George Napier

Former Chairman & CEO
Prince Sports, Inc.

Former President & CEO
Bennetton Sportsystem USA
RockShox, Inc.

George Napier

Board Member
On Course Foundation

Giuseppe Zanotti USA

Former President & COO
Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

Sharon O’Brien

Former CEO
Liberty Insurance Ireland

Board Member
Aviva (Ireland)

Sharon O’Brien

Former Executive Director
Liberty Insurance Ireland Board

Brian O’Malley

Brian O’Malley

Former CEO & President
Domino Foods, Inc.

Board Member
The Sugar Association

Brian O’Malley

Former Board Member
Advisory Council of Grocery Manufacturers Association

Deanna Oppenheimer

Former CEO & Vice Chair of Global Retail Banking
Barclays Retail Banking PLC

Deanna Oppenheimer

Board Member
Thompson Reuters

Slalom, Inc.

Board Chair
FTSE 100 Hotels & Resorts

IHG Nominations + Governance Committee

Rajesh Padmanabhan

Rajesh Padmanabhan

CEO
Talavvy Business Catalysts

Former CHRO
Capgemini

Rajesh Padmanabhan

Board Member
Cornerstone International Group – India

Chairman
HONO.ai

IMIS Bhubaneswar

ExoTalent Consultancy Services, LLP.

Pardeep Pahal

Former Head of HR
Apollo International Ltd.

Partner
Talavvy Business Catalysts LLP.

Pardeep Pahal

Former Head of HR
Capgemini Business Services

Mother Dairy India

Sheila Penrose

Former President, Global Corporate Bank
Northern Trust

Former Chairman
JLL, Inc.

Former Director
McDonald’s

Sheila Penrose

Chair
Sustainability Committee – McDonald’s

Clark Pettit

Clark Pettit

Former CEO and President
The Association of Business Information and Media Companies

Clark Pettit

Board Advisor
PublishThis

Mezzobit (acquired by OpenX)

Managing Member
Granite Mountain Asset Management

Daniel J. Phelan

Board Member
TE Connectivity

Former Chief of Staff
GlaxoSmithKline

Daniel J. Phelan

Former Board Member
RiseSmart

GenomeSmart

The Philadelphia Foundation

Juan Pujadas

Former Vice Chair and Global Head
PwC Advisory

Former Board Member
Wells Fargo Company

Juan Pujadas

Board Member
EarnUp

Arturo.ai

Mesmerise.vr

SiriusIQ/Symcheck

Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron

Former Chief Patient Officer
Pfizer

Board Member
Caribou Biosciences

Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron

Board Member
The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Barnard College

Former Chief Engagement Officer
NIH’s All of Us Research Program

Former CEO
YWCA USA

Laurel Richie

Laurel Richie

Board Member
Hasbro

SeatGeek

Former President
Women’s National Basketball Association

Laurel Richie

Board Member
Synchrony Financial

Bright Horizons

Former CMO
Girl Scouts of the USA

Phil Rudolph

Former EVP, Chief Legal & Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Jack in the Box, Inc.

Phil Rudolph

Chair
Corporate Directors Forum

Board Secretary
The Alliance for Children’s Rights Los Angeles

Coretha Rushing

Former Chief People Officer
Equifax, Inc

The Coca-Cola Company

Coretha Rushing

Board Member
Alight, Inc.

Spencer Stuart

ThredUp

Plastiq

Former VP of HR
Pizza Hut – Midwest Division

Sayed Sadjady

Former Partner
Odgers Berndston

EY

PwC

Sayed Sadjady

Jean Spaulding

Dr. Jean Spaulding M.D.

Former Board Member
Cardinal Health, Corp.

Wells Fargo Bank – Reginonal

Duke University

Jean Spaulding

Trustee
The Duke Endowment

Rich Stoddart

Chair & Former Interim CEO
Hasbro

Former President and CEO
InnerWorkings

Rich Stoddart

Former Chairman
American Advertiing Federation

Former Board Member
Selina

Carbon Media Group

Robby Swinnen

Robby Swinnen

Former President
Intel Asia

Former Corporate Vice President & General Manager
Intel

Robby Swinnen

Mark Templeton

Former CEO
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Digital Ocean

Chairman & Director
Workspot Inc.

Mark Templeton

Former Board Member
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Reltio

Corellium

LucidLink

Brad Thomas

Advisory Board Member
The Kernel

Former Executive VP & CHRO

Brad Thomas

Former Chief Human Resource Officer
New York Life

Guardian Life

Readers Digest Association

Niek Jan van Damme

Board Member
Telstra, Australia

Former Board Member
Deutsche Telekom A.G.

Niek Jan van Damme

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Infrafibre

NGN Networks Germany

Board Member
Lotus Flare

Glow Financial Services

Management Adviser
ZTE

Karen Vander Linde

Karen Vander Linde

Former Partner & Global Practice Leader
PwC

Karen Vander Linde

Board Member
Bpeace

Sreeram Visvanathan

Former CEO
IBM UK & Ireland

Sreeram Visvanathan

Former Managing Director
IBM – Public Sector

Josh Walden

Former Senior Vice President & General Manager
Intel’s Product Assurance and Security Group

Josh Walden

Former COO
Footprint

Randy Walker

Former Chairman & CEO
IBM Asia Pacific

Non-Executive Director
Vitality Global

Randy Walker

Board Member
Georgia Institute for Technology

TWG, Discovery Limited

Executive in Residence
University of Miami Business School

Kathy Waller

Former EVP and CFO
The Coca-Cola Company

Board Member
Beyond Meat

CGI

Delta Airlines

Kathy Waller

Board Member
Cadence Bank

Spelman College

University of Rochester

Achieve Atlanta

The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta

The Woodruff Arts Center

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

OnBoard

James D. White

Former Chair, President, and CEO
Jamba Juice

Leading Cultural Transformation Head
The ExCo Group

James D. White

Board Member
CAVA

Marty Wikstrom

Marty Wikstrom

Board Member
The World Wide Web Foundation

Former CEO
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA – Fashion and Accessories Brands

Marty Wikstrom

Board Member
Fortnum & Mason

Johnstons of Elgin

Former Board Member
Farrow & Ball

International Women’s Forum Foundation

Laura Yecies

CEO & Board Member
Bone Health Technologies

Former CEO
SyncThink

Catch

SugarSync

Laura Yecies

Entrepreneur in Residence
DigitalDx Ventures

Strategic Advisor
Fabric Genomics

Vivien Yeung

Board Member
Jack in the Box, Inc.

Open Window School

Former EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Kohl’s Corporation

Vivien Yeung

Former Chief Strategy Officer
lululemon athletica

Dawn Zier

Former CEO
Nutrisystem

Chair of the Board
Hain Celestial Group

Dawn Zier

Board Director

Prestige Healthcare

Acorns