LUCY P. MARCUS won the Thinkers 50 Future Thinker Award which recognises "A Thinker who has emerged over the last two years with the potential to change the world of theory and practice”
Challenging conventional wisdom both inside and out of the boardroom, Lucy has been recognized for setting the agenda on future proofing boardrooms and companies around the world. She speaks and writes about corporate governance, ethics and leadership in her own column for Reuters, as well as in The Harvard Business Review, Business Week, and Huffington Post.
The founder of Marcus Venture Consulting, she is committed to fostering sustainable success for funding organisations, working with venture capital and private equity funds, institutions and corporations to build strong funding businesses.
As Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School she teaches on their flagship International MBA program and is also a Cambridge Associate at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM).
Recognized for her ground breaking work in leadership and governance she was the recipient of the 2011 Yale University "Rising Star of Corporate Governance" Award, and was selected for one of the 2011 National Association Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 lists for promoting boardroom excellence. She was also recently voted one of 6 of "Britain's Best Connected Women" in the UK Institute of Directors' Director Magazine.
A World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow, fellow of the Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship Program and the British-American Project. The Independent newspaper ranked Lucy as 43rd in their "Most Powerful Britons on Twitter" she also serves on the Steering Committee for The Wall Street Journal Task Force on Women in the Economy.
An engaging and captivating speaker, her expertise on global economic trends, best practices for corporate governance and leadership, private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurship, technology, and women in business is highly sought after. She has appeared on CNBC, Sky Business Report, and BBC World Service.
A dual American and British citizen, Lucy holds a B.A. from Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts) and an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England).
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