Ms. Heywood serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Exor N.V, a global holding company listed in the Netherlands. She has held this position since November 2022, after previously serving as Managing Director of Exor N.V. from 2016. Prior to Exor, Ms. Heywood was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, co-leading their global service line on organization design and working on strategic issues with clients across different sectors. She has published a book, Reorg , and multiple articles on these topics. Prior to McKinsey, Ms. Heywood worked for the U.K. government, including as Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary of the U.K. Treasury. Ms. Heywood currently serves as chair of the boards of CNHi Industrial N.V. and of Iveco Group N.V. She also serves on the boards of The Economist Group, Christian Louboutin LLC, Shang Xia, Quartz Associates, and the Heywood Foundation. Ms. Heywood holds a Bachelor of Arts in science from Oxford University and Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Prior to that she was self-educated, growing up sailing around the world on the yacht Wavewalker . Ms. Heywood was selected to serve on the Board due to her extensive global experience in finance and strategic matters.