Navigant Nominates Rudina Seseri for Election to Board of Directors
April 16 2018 - 7:09AM
Business Wire
Governor James R. Thompson and Samuel K.
Skinner to retire from Board
Navigant today announced that its board of directors has
nominated Rudina Seseri, a prominent entrepreneur and technology
venture capitalist, as a new director for election to the board at
the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Ms. Seseri has over 16 years of investing and transaction
experience, including helping to build successful technology
companies across a range of innovative fields. She brings an
important perspective to the board as Navigant continues to evolve
to meet the increasing technology demands of its clients.
With the nomination of Seseri, Navigant has added five new
independent directors to the board in the last five years. Seseri
joins Navigant’s eight other highly qualified nominees including
current directors, Kevin M. Blakely, Cynthia A. Glassman, Julie M.
Howard, Stephan A. James, Michael L. Tipsord, Kathleen E. Walsh,
Jeffrey W. Yingling, and Randy H. Zwirn, who have been nominated to
serve one-year terms.
“We are pleased to nominate Rudina as part of our ongoing
commitment to maintain a highly qualified, independent board with
the relevant expertise to guide Navigant going forward,” said Julie
Howard, chairman and CEO of Navigant. “Rudina’s expertise in
helping companies evaluate and leverage innovative technologies to
enhance the way they conduct business will provide valuable
insights as we evolve to meet our clients’ needs. The expertise of
both our experienced directors and more recent additions to the
board has been invaluable, and we look forward to benefiting from
the guidance of Rudina and all of our directors as we execute on
our strategic initiatives for long-term growth and value
creation.”
Navigant also announced that two of its longest-serving
directors, Governor James R. Thompson and Samuel K. Skinner, will
retire and not stand for re-election at the company’s upcoming
annual shareholder meeting. Upon the retirement of Governor
Thompson, the board expects to appoint Tipsord to serve as lead
independent director. Tipsord is currently the chairman, president
and CEO of the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and a
member of Navigant’s compensation committee, having previously
served as chair of Navigant’s audit committee.
“I would also like to thank Governor Thompson and Sam Skinner
for their steadfast stewardship of Navigant during their respective
board tenures,” said Howard. “Their vision and guidance have helped
Navigant continuously evolve, transform, and grow, and all of us at
Navigant are deeply appreciative of their contributions through the
years.”
Rudina Seseri Biography
Rudina Seseri is the founder and managing partner of Glasswing
Ventures, LLC, a Boston-based venture capital firm that invests in
artificial intelligence and machine learning companies that provide
technology solutions for enterprise, cybersecurity, robotics, and
consumer markets, a company she cofounded in 2015. In January of
2018, Seseri was appointed by the Harvard Business School as a Rock
Venture Capital Partner, while previously she served as
entrepreneur-in-residence for the university, a position she has
held since 2014. From 2007 to 2015, Seseri was a partner at
Fairhaven Capital, a technology venture capital firm, where she led
investments in innovative technologies in the areas of artificial
intelligence, enterprise software, robotics, and social and
omnichannel marketing.
Previously, Seseri was part of the corporate development group
at Microsoft Corporation, where she was responsible for leading
acquisitions and investments in companies of strategic importance
to the corporation, and part of the technology group at Credit
Suisse Group AG, leading public market transactions. Seseri
currently serves on the boards of several startup companies as well
as the Digital Advisory Board of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer, and the
Board of Overseers for Boston Children’s Hospital, and is a member
of the Business Leadership Council at Wellesley College.
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global
professional services firm that helps clients take control of their
future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge,
substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to
help clients build, manage, and/or protect their business
interests. With a focus on markets and clients facing
transformational change and significant regulatory or legal
pressures, the firm primarily serves clients in the healthcare,
energy, and financial services industries. Across a range of
advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and technology/analytics
services, Navigant’s practitioners bring sharp insight that
pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More
information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) has filed a
preliminary proxy statement and form of associated WHITE proxy card
(the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the solicitation of
proxies for the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
(“2018 Annual Meeting”). The Company, its directors and certain of
its executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from Company shareholders in connection
with the 2018 Annual Meeting. Information regarding the names of
the Company’s directors and executive officers and their respective
interests in the Company by security holdings or otherwise is set
forth in the Preliminary Proxy Statement. To the extent holdings of
such participants in the Company’s securities are not reported or
have changed since the amounts described in the Preliminary Proxy
Statement, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements
of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in
Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC and available at the
Company’s website at investors.navigant.com. Details concerning the
nominees of the Company’s Board of Directors for election at the
2018 Annual Meeting are included in the Preliminary Proxy
Statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE
COMPANY’S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO
AND ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE,
BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and
shareholders will be able to obtain a copy of the definitive proxy
statement and other relevant documents filed by the Company free of
charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Company’s
shareholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the definitive
proxy statement and other relevant filed documents free of charge
by directing a written request to the Company’s Director of
Investor Relations at 150 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100,
Chicago, Illinois 60606, or from the investor relations section of
the Company’s website at investors.navigant.com.
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Navigant Investor RelationsKyle Bland,
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CommunicationsTim Blair, 303-383-7344timothy.blair@navigant.com
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