Alumni in the News

December 2024: Top 25 headlines

In this month’s top headlines, William Hague is elected Chancellor of Oxford University; Clara-Christina Streit is selected as Deutsche Börse’s next Chair; Joanna Rotenberg will join Vanguard’s executive team; Ana Karina Dias is named CEO of Grupo Silvio Santos; Katrin Suder will be named Supervisory Board Chair of Deutsche Post; and more.

Martin Bratt (LOND, OSLO, LOX 03-18) named CFO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

 

Sree Chaguturu (PHIL, WALT 07-12, 12-12) named President, Health Care Delivery in addition to his current role as EVP, Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health

 

Vanessa Chan (PHIL, NYWT, SUMM 02-15, 15-16), Chief Commercialization Officer for the U.S. Dept. of Energy, recognized on TIME’s TIME100 Climate list

 

Ana Karina Dias (SAOP, SAO 00-01, 03-19) named CEO of Grupo Silvio Santos

 

Laura Gersch (FRAN, MUNI, BERL 07-14) named CEO of Allianz Suisse

 

Anthony Graham (LOND, LOX 00-02) named Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Hays

 

William Hague (LOND 83-88) elected Chancellor of Oxford University

 

Louise Herring (LOND 08-24) joins Brambles as Chief Digital and Strategy Officer

 

Deepak Jayaraman (CASC, SUMM 06-09) publishes new book, "Play to Potential: Lead a full life, become the best you"

 

Juliana Lopes (SAOP 11-19) promoted to VP of Sales and Private Labels at RD Saúde

 

Ann O'Hara (STAM 99-03) appointed to Board of Hyster-Yale

 

Masayuki Omoto (TOKY 06-07) named President and CEO of Marubeni, effective April 1, 2025

 

Derya Ozkaya Matras (ISTA 07-14) promoted to VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Meta

 

Winnie Park (ATLP, SANF 98-98, 99-02) named CEO of Five Below

 

Thomas Ranese (NYWT 00-05) joins Intuit as Chief Marketing Officer

 

Joanna Rotenberg (TORO 01-10) to join executive team of Vanguard; will lead new advice and wealth management division

 

Madiha Sattar (NYWT 04-06, 11-11) joins The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) as Managing Director and Growth Ventures Partner

 

Neil Shah (SLVY, CHGO 04-06, 09-11) joins Bumble as Chief Business Officer

 

Nirupam Sinha (DCG, DETR, BOST, WASH 05-08, 12-15, 16-18) named CFO at Heidrick & Struggles

 

Eric Spector (NYWT, MEXI 72-76) profiled in HBS alumni article, "Running Man: Lessons in resilience from 77-year-old ultramarathoner"

 

Clara-Christina Streit (FRAN, MUNI 92-12) selected as next Chairman of Deutsche Börse, effective in May

 

Katrin Suder (BERL, CLGN 00-14) to be named Supervisory Board Chair of Deutsche Post

 

Emily Turner (LOND 09-11) joins HSBC as CEO, Innovation Banking UK, effective in February

 

Anna Yip (LOX, HONG, LOND 00-12) named CEO, Digital Services unit at Singtel

 

 

Obituaries

Elliot Ross (COPE, CLEV 73-88)