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WCD Audit Committee

Exclusively designed for WCD members serving on public or large private company Audit Committees.

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How to join

To access this group you must apply through the WCD portal. Please ensure that you meet the following criteria:

  • You are a woman corporate director
  • You are a member of WCD
  • You currently serve on a public or large private company Audit Committee

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Steering Committee

Marta Amusátegui

Board of Directors (NED) Ferroglobe Plc, Eland PE, Eccocar Sharing

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

Sandy Brown

Independent Director, CPA, Audit Chair SEC QFE, Cybersecurity Oversight, M&A

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

Board Director and Chair of Audit Committee

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

Jackie Daylor

Global Audit Leader for Consumer and Retail Sector, KPMG LLP.

During her more than 30-year career at KPMG, Jackie has served as Lead Audit Engagement Partner, SEC Reviewing Partner or Account Executive for a variety of large global clients, both public and private. She has also served on both the KPMG LLP and KPMG Americas Ltd. Boards of Directors.

From April 2017 through September of 2020, she was the National Managing Partner – Audit Quality and Professional Practice and Americas Audit Quality and Professional Practice Leader, responsible for the strategic oversight of audit quality control and technical accounting.

Jackie is a board member of the Women Corporate Directors Foundation and the Aim Higher Foundation.

She received a bachelor of science in business administration from The Ohio State University. Read More

Teresa Sebastian

President and CEO, The Dominion Asset Group

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

Board Director, Global Mining Consultant

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.

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