American Express Elects Lisa W. Wardell to Board of Directors
March 09 2021 - 9:45AM
Business Wire
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) today announced that Lisa
W. Wardell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Adtalem Global
Education Inc., has been elected to its Board of Directors,
effective March 8, 2021. Ms. Wardell will also join the Board’s
Risk Committee.
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“Lisa has extensive experience leading large-scale business
transformations, and successfully executing portfolio
repositionings in the financial services sector through strategic
partnerships, business development and mergers and acquisitions,”
said Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
American Express. “She also brings her strong expertise in
implementing and advancing diversity at global companies, along
with her prior regulatory and investment experience, all of which
will be key assets for our Board.”
Ms. Wardell has served as President and CEO of Adtalem, a
leading provider of workforce solutions and educational services
since 2016, and was elected Chairman of the Board in 2019. Ms.
Wardell has led the acquisition and integration of companies in
Adtalem’s financial services vertical, including ACAMS, the largest
membership organization for Anti-Financial Crime professionals
globally, as well as the turnaround and sale of Adtalem’s non-core
assets. She has also focused the company on enhancing the diverse
representation of its senior leadership and Board.
Prior to Adtalem, Ms. Wardell was Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of The RLJ Companies, a strategic
investment firm, where she was responsible for strategic
partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy,
operations and finance. She previously served as a principal at
private-equity firm Katalyst Venture Partners, which invested in
technology start-up companies; was a senior consultant in
Accenture’s communications and technology strategic services
practice; and served as an attorney in the commercial wireless
division of the Federal Communications Commission.
Ms. Wardell currently serves on the boards of Lowe’s Companies
Inc. and THINK450, the innovation and business development arm of
the National Basketball Players Association. She is also a member
of the Executive Committee of The Business Council, The Executive
Leadership Council, and CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion. She
was named by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “300 Most
Powerful Executives in Corporate America” in 2017 and has been
featured on CNBC as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Washington
Post, Business Insider and other publications.
Ms. Wardell received a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and
a law degree from Stanford University. She received an MBA from the
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
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