Biography

Ms. McCarthy has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2023. She is a global senior executive who consistently builds brands and revenue growth while driving change through organizations of all sizes. Ms. McCarthy is a passionate team and people leader, having run businesses at many stages of growth and gestation over the course of her career. Bringing deep technology as a background, her career began in enterprise, infrastructure, and later consumer technology communications. Building upon that, she handled digitization and change management within the Fortune 500, including communications, supply chain, organizational design, employee engagement and technology deployment. Today, Ms. McCarthy works with a small group of organizations, public figures, CEOs, government officials, investors, hedge fund managers and senior executives to drive strategic growth through times of transition. Often her work within private equity-backed portfolios serves to triage and catalyze new markets and product arenas. Previously, Ms. McCarthy served as a guide across the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (“LVMH”) maisons in all aspects of brand awareness and innovation, ensuring that the most modern consumer mechanisms were deployed around the world. Prior to LVMH, she was with Nike covering many aspects of product creation, distribution, development and marketing. Before joining Nike, Ms. McCarthy was Managing Director of VaynerMedia in New York, a 500+ person full-service digital and emerging technology advisory firm and venture fund. She also serves in board and advisory capacities for a number of entities including Newman’s Own, Inc. and Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division.