WCD Audit Committee

Marta de Amusátegui serves on the Boards of Ferroglobe Plc, Eland Private Equity SGEIC S.A. and Eccocar Sharing S.L. She has 18+ years of experience in top Corporate Governance positions, both in executive (CEO level) and non-executive roles, as well as financial and strategic advisory roles, leading action in complex situations such as financial restructuring, integration of acquired companies, business transformation/turnaround or unsolicited takeover bids. Highly committed to the implementation of digital transformation in the Spanish industry, she is co-founder of Observatorio de la Industria 4.0, a leading think tank in this matter. A DBA participant in Universidad Pontificia Comillas, her research focuses on adjusting the risk management function to support digital transformation and innovation in established corporations. Read More

Independent Director (NYSE & AMEX) and strategic advisor with demonstrated talent for collaboration and consensus-building. International financial services industry executive with established ability to drive revenue, growth, build high-performance teams, and mitigate organizational risk. Focused ability to identify and capitalize upon financial and organizational opportunities via new markets, new technology, M&A, and/or reorganizations.

Experience includes independent Public Director (NYSE & AMEX), CPA, SEC Qualified Financial Expert, Audit Committee Chair, Fortune 100 M&A Leadership, Carnegie Mellon University — CERT, Cybersecurity Oversight, Board Director,CEO & President, 5 Fortune 100 subsidiaries.

Marge Connelly serves on the boards of Altria Group (Chair of Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and Talent Development Committee and the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee) and PRA Group (Chair of Audit Committee and member of Risk Committee) and an advisor to the VC Firm MissionOG. Prior to her focus on board service, Marge had a 25+ year career in financial services and customer management, with a focus on operations, technology, customer care and risk management. Her roles included COO of Convergys Corporation, Global COO of Barclaycard, COO of Wachovia Securities, EVP/Operations for Capital One and Interim President of Longwood University. Read More

Candace “Candy” H. Duncan retired from KPMG in November of 2013, after more than 35 years with the firm. From 2009 until 2013, Candy served as managing partner for the Washington Metropolitan Area, a role in which she was responsible for leading the firm’s quality growth priorities across its Audit, Tax, and Advisory functions. She was elected to the KPMG Board in 2009 and served as chair of the Nominating Committee until her retirement. Professional and Industry Experience Candy has served as the Audit Committee Chair for three companies – Discover Financial Services, Teleflex and Summit Health. She also served on the nominating and Governance Committee for Discover. Candy was admitted to the partnership in 1987 and has more than 35 years of experience as a professional with KPMG. Candy served as the Midatlantic Area managing partner for Audit from 2004 through 2009. Before that, she was Audit partner in charge for the Virginia Business Unit. Candy has served as lead Audit partner for major international and domestic companies, including Dollar Tree, Volkswagen, Siemens Automotive, International Family Entertainment/The Family Channel and Continental Automotive. She served as account executive for Norfolk Southern, CarMax, Alpha and Markel.

Teresa M. Sebastian is the President and CEO of The Dominion Asset Group, a firm primarily investing in commercial ventures. She has spent two decades in board rooms driving strategy, participating in the creation of shareholder value, and implementing best practices. She serves on the Boards of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation; AES Corporation, where she Chairs the Governance Committee; and Peckham Industries. She is an advisory board member at Assemble Sound, LLC. Teresa also serves on the Boards of the United Negro College Fund where she chairs the Audit Committee and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra where she serves as Treasurer. She previously served on the Boards of Terminix Global Holdings, Juul Labs, Inc., and the proposed Edward Jones Bank. Read More

Maureen Upton has 12 years of publicly-traded board experience in investment management and mining. For Cascadia Minerals she serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees, and for the exchange-traded fund (ETF) trust at Janus Henderson Investors, she serves on the Audit Committee and chairs Nominating and Governance.

For 19 years she has run a global consultancy serving multinational mining corporations. She has advised C-suite executives on projects spanning six continents, doing business in three languages through some 34 countries. Her corporate roles have been with Goldman Sachs, Chase and Newmont. Holding both corporate governance and cybersecurity certifications, she has been a member of Women Corporate Directors since 2017.

Maureen holds both an MBA in Finance and a Master of International Affairs in Economic Policy from Columbia University, as well as a BA in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley.

Anne C. Zavarella is the co-leader of the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC), which champions outstanding corporate governance to drive long-term corporate value and stakeholder confidence.  In this role, Anne along with her co-leader leads a team with deep expertise and fluency in corporate governance that provides insights into the most challenging issues facing board members today, delivers distinct programming in the governance space, and publishes timely thought leadership on emerging issues. She is a frequent speaker on board governance and audit committee issues.

During her 25-year career at KPMG, Anne has served as Lead Audit Engagement Partner and as an SEC Reviewing Partner on some of the firm’s largest and most complex global engagements including leading the audit of one of the largest IPOs in the world.    She is the Professional Practice Partner for the Great Lakes business unit and the previous Audit Sector Leader—Industrial Manufacturing.  She sits on the advisory committee for Miami University’s accounting department and on the executive leadership team for Go-Red for Women of the American Heart Association of Central Ohio.