Sentences with phrase «led executive roles»

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«As the hottest year in history comes to a close, the success of the global fossil fuel divestment movement is undeniable,» said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, the grassroots climate organisation that has played a leading role in the campaign.

Criteo Founder and Chairman JB Rudelle Returns to Chief Executive Officer Role to Lead the Company Into Its Next Chapter of Growth

Jassy earned positive reviews early on for leading Amazon's music sales efforts, and in 2002 he was chosen as one of Jeff Bezos's «technical assistants» — staffers who train for senior executive roles by shadowing Amazon's CEO for a year or longer.

It's also one of the few C - suite roles that almost never leads to the chief executive officer position.

And this concerted, targeted effort led by CEO Klaus Kleinfeld resulted in a 3.2 percentage point bump in executives and a 2.7 percentage point increase in women in professional and plant manager roles.

In her accomplished career (which has included executive roles at the CBC, Twitter and, currently, Diply) she has come to appreciate like few others what it takes to effectively lead teams through big changes — including exponential growth.

While an executive may have successfully led a team of self - motivated portfolio managers, the traits that made the person effective may not translate into a higher - level strategy - setting role.

According to a 2013 survey of more than 22,000 business executives by the Katzenbach Center at Strategy &, most leaders understand the key point I just mentioned — that culture plays a critical role in achieving great financial performance - and successfully leading and managing change.

Exxon board member Bill George led a National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on «Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee,» which included recommendations such as not offering contracts to executives (giving the board more flexibility in how it deals with the CEO's pay and tenure), which is reflected in the pay practices at ExxonMobil.

Kraft Foods Group announced Chairman John Cahill will also take on the chief executive role, leading a food - and - beverage giant at a time when many of the largest packaged foods companies are facing a challenge to find growth.

In January 2018, following Eric's decision to step down from his role as the Executive Chairman, John L. Hennessy, our Lead Independent Director, was appointed to serve as Alphabet's Chairman of the Board.

Brett began his career with one of Canada's leading real estate developers, Canderel Limited in Montreal, Canada, where he held a number of executive roles dealing in all aspects of real estate.

Known as «Mr. Wall Street,» Mr. Weinberg began a tradition of Goldman executives taking leading roles in public service that is continuing under President - elect Donald J. Trump.

Ms. Jones brings significant experience to the firm with over 40 years in the Canadian investment industry, holding presidential and executive roles at numerous high - profile companies including GBC Asset Management, AGF Private Wealth Management, TAL Private Management, CIBC Trust Company, and First Interstate Bancorp — where she was Canada's first female to lead a Schedule II bank.

These insights demonstrate a pattern of executive departures in security - related roles — in the months leading up to the breach itself, and in the 1.5 months before it was publicly disclosed.

Henry Blodget, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Editor - in - Chief, and Julie Hansen, Chief Operating Officer and President, will continue to lead Business Insider in their respective roles.

In some companies, the role of principal executive officer and board chairman are combined, and a lead independent director is designated to chair meetings of the independent directors.

Top Starbucks executives and about 40 Philadelphia clergy and community leaders met in what local leaders say was the beginning of an effort to push the coffee company to play a leading role in addressing racial injustice.

Our Executive Chairman of our board of directors and our Chief Executive Officer roles are separate and our independent directors have appointed a Lead Independent Director.

«Health technology breakthroughs could play an important role in modernizing our aging healthcare system and creating innovative approaches to procurement can accelerate the adoption of those technologies,» said Zayna Khayat, lead of health systems innovation at MaRS Discovery District and executive sponsor of the program.

An accomplished entrepreneur and executive, Reid has played an integral role in building many of today's leading consumer technology businesses, including LinkedIn and PayPal.

«The appointment of Gail brings a rare combination of experience in the financial services and technology sectors, having worked in both non-executive and executive roles at leading public and private growth companies including Paypal, Macquarie, Eclipx, OneVue and Melbourne IT.»

Few details are offered, however the BEIS has taken up one specific idea from the Executive Remuneration Working Group, which proposed that committee chairs should have at least 12 months experience on a remuneration committee before taking up the lead role.

After 25 years of growing and leading New Belgium, 15 as the company's CEO, Kim is now in the role of Executive Chair of the New Belgium Board of Directors.

Ironically, the very skills in execution that led to their promotions often make these executives ill - equipped for their new roles, since their strategy thinking muscles have withered from disuse....

Mark Steward, executive director of enforcement and market oversight, said: «Mr Flowers failed in his duty to lead by example and to meet the high standards of integrity and probity demanded by the role.

Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa recently named Joshua Bettis as its new executive chef, where he takes the lead role for all food and beverage operations, including Ranch House Restaurant, Heck's Tavern and Hallowed Grounds coffee shop as well as catering and banquet operations.

Mayborn Group, proud owner of leading baby brand tommee tippee ®, has appointed Neal Austin as Global Supply Chain Director — a brand new role which adds additional weight to the company's executive board.

In this role, he led a diverse team of over 80 individuals across multiple disciplines and support functions including procurement, contracting, construction services, facility management and finance in addition to serving as the chief executive on several successful multimillion dollar infrastructure projects.

CBC's Executive Committee will now form a search committee to begin identifying candidates who can further advance CBC's mission and role as New York's leading agent of fiscal accountability.

Doug Ritchie, who led the acquisition and integration of the Mozambique coal assets in his previous role as Energy chief executive, has also stepped down by mutual agreement.

«The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to reports in the media insinuating that the board of trustees (BoT) has sacked the national caretaker committee led by H. E. Senator Ahmed Makarfi and has taken over executive role in the party,» the statement issued by Chinwe Nnorom, head of publicity of the party, read.

Attorney Elkan Abramowitz, who took a lead role in the firm's work for the Executive Chamber, emphasized that there was no ethical conflict connected to the past professional or familial overlaps between the three firms.

Specifically, the aspirants want the national leadership of the party to stop the governor and the Gboyega Oguntuase - led State Executive Committee from playing any role in the process leading to the PDP primary.

She has subsequently served in executive roles at the local center, the state chapter, the western regional center, and finally with the national organization, which she has led since 2008.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus says the county should be designated lead agency for all large annexations and he's repeating his request to the state legislature that counties be given a definitive role in such a process.

Increasing the role of the CCRB would lead to greater consistency in reviewing misconduct cases, explained Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey, as there are numerous entities currently involved, including the Department of Investigation (DOI), Commission to Combat Police Corruption and NYPD.

A New York State judge has thrown out the convictions of two former executives at the Marsh & McLennan Companies for their roles in an insurance bid - rigging scheme that led to an $ 850 million settlement with the state.

In response, Holdren said, scientists are already an interest group, one that happens to be devoted to its interest in scientific inquiry; science is already politicized because federal funding decisions governing research programs take place in a political arena in which Congress, the executive branch and stakeholders from all sides play leading roles; and, finally, scientists are most worried about the results of their work being lost, not their jobs.

And in a clear demonstration that CNIC's high ambition is based on firm foundations, the executive consultant is Salvador Moncada, whose part in identifying the biological roles of nitric oxide led to his being the second most cited bioscientist in the 1990s.

In his role leading QB3 - UCSF, Krogan reports to UCSF neuroscientist Regis Kelly, PhD, former executive vice chancellor at UCSF and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who leads QB3.

That philosophy has led Cecilia Muñoz to the role of point woman, as domestic policy council director, for President Obama's dramatic recent executive initiatives for immigration reform (among many other policy issues).

In case you missed it, yesterday we learned that House of Cards actor Corey Stoll landed the leading role in The Strain as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, and now, according to Variety, Kevin Durand (above) will reunite with former «Lost» executive Carlton Cuse on the series to star alongside the previously announced Corey Stoll.

According to Deadline, the star - studded production (Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts are in the lead roles, with Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Gary Goetzman, Dede Gardner, Tim Kelly, and Adam Leizpig executive producing) has seen «internal and external, weather - related factors,» leading to a «rough shoot» so far.

Whether or not those rumoured «fights» behind the scenes of Justice League led to this or not is unclear, but this just in: Ben Affleck has been elevated to an executive producer role on the upcoming DC Extended Universe team - up film.

Mark Duplass [who plays lead character Kenneth] actually came on board as an executive producer with his brother first, and then during that process, I saw a way he would be able to bring a really grounding presence to the lead role that the movie needed.

Prior to this role, Shaull also served as the Executive Director for Teacher and Leader Effectiveness where, along with a talented team of educators and national experts, she led the initial implementation of a comprehensive teacher evaluation system to accurately track teacher performance.

«Today, the White House Summit validates the hard work of school board members, students, parents and educators in Rochester City and Hillsborough County, and other districts that have played a leading role in using technology to strengthen the high school academic experience,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association (NSBA).

Beer (pictured above), who previously led the formative years of the Teaching School Council, will become an executive leader of the Greater Manchester Learning Trust in May, a role that she said was «too tempting to turn down».

In his previous role as Executive Vice President, David led SCORE's advocacy, communications, outreach, policy, and research work.