Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Experienced independent director and global business leader with over 30 years (20 based in London) in P&L management, technology, climate change/sustainability, cybersecurity, regulatory, finance, and more with EY and then on company boards serving a range of sectors. Now building a board portfolio of companies drawing on her global strategic and commercial experience. In addition to active work with management to progress AI use and oversight, she has successfully completed certifications in Effective AI Oversight and in Prompt Engineering with Carnegie Mellon and Vanderbilt universities respectively. She now serves the board and chairs the Audit and Conduct Review Committee of the Bank of Montreal, with over $1.4 trillion in assets it is one of the 8th largest banks in North America. Jan also has experience serving on PE-backed, family and/or employee-owned company boards including currently chairing the Audit Committee of CPPIB backed Boldyn Networks, a UK headquartered global neutral host provider of network infrastructure offering solutions like 5G networks, fiber, small cells and distributed antenna systems (DAS). Until a sale to PE in late 2025, she served the board and chaired the audit committee of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. with annual revenues over $135 billion. She served the board and as Senior Independent Director (SID) of Euromoney Institutional Investors, a FTSE 250 company until its sale to PE in November 2022. Formerly, a non-executive and member of the Remuneration, Pension and Nominating Committees of the Royal Mail plc before and after its float on the FTSE100 and, until it was sold, as Audit Committee Chair and board member for Logica, a then FTSE 250 public technology company headquartered in the UK. From 2017 to 2021 when it was acquired by Hitachi for $9.6 billion, she served as board member and Audit Committee Chair for GlobalLogic, a then private equity owned digital product development services company that helps businesses design, build and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. From 2011 to 2019 when she termed out, she served as a Council Member on the governing body of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). Specialties: Board Governance, Audit Committees, Finance, Technology, Cyber security, AI Oversight, Climate Change, Sustainability, Regulatory, Public Policy, Business Strategy, Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Energy, Media, Music, Transportation including Airlines, Distribution, Government, Mergers and Acquisition, Retail and Risk Management
Privately held company Independent Board Member, Audit Committee Chair, and member of Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Boldyn Networks is a neutral host provider that designs, builds, and operates shared network infrastructure offering solutions like 5G private networks, fiber, small cells, and distributed antenna systems (DAS). It serves various sectors including transit, venues, government, universities and real estate.
Independent Board member, Audit Committee Chair, and member of Finance Committee.
Independent Board Member and Lead Director, until terming out served at various times as member of ESG Committee, Finance Committee and Leadership Succession Working Group
Company delisted and sold to private equity in November 2022