Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Director information for COURSERA INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Y. Ng | Chairman of the Board | 50 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Workforce Skilling","Education Industry","Operational Leadership","Finance and Accounting","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Co-founder of the company","Chairman of the Board since 2014","Leading voice in artificial intelligence and online education","Managing General Partner of AI Fund since January 2018","Founder of DeepLearning.AI since June 2017","Executive Chairman of LandingAI since August 2024","Chief Scientist at Baidu, Inc. from April 2017 to May 2024","Founding lead of the Google Brain team from 2011 to 2012","Authored or co-authored over 200 research papers in machine learning"] | [] | 2026 |
| Carmen Chang | Director; Partner and Head of Asia | 78 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Consumer Insights and Trends","Operational Leadership","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Significant business experience","Legal experience","Leadership experience","Expertise in the Asian markets"] | ["Chair","Member","HRC Committee (Chair)","Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Christopher D. McCarthy | Director; Chief Executive Officer and President; Member of the Audit Committee | 51 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Workforce Skilling","Consumer Insights and Trends","Education Industry","Operational Leadership","Finance and Accounting","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Chief Executive Officer and President of Creative Partner Studios","co-Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Global, Inc.","led business turnaround and merger with Skydance Media","held senior leadership positions at Paramount","led industry-wide coalitions for mental health and civic engagement","board member for Animal Medical Center of New York since 2022","significant operational, leadership, consumer trends, and social impact experience"] | ["Audit","Human Resources and Compensation","Audit Committee","HRC Committee"] | 2026 |
| Gregory M. Hart | President, CEO, and Director | 56 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Workforce Skilling","Consumer Insights and Trends","Operational Leadership","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","extensive operational leadership","product","technology","consumer experience"] | [] | 2026 |
| Lydia Paterson | Director; Chair of the Audit Committee | 53 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Operational Leadership","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Operating partner at Prosus N.V.","Chief Executive Officer at OLX Group B.V.","Chief Financial Officer at OLX Group B.V.","Vice President, Global Finance and Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis for PayPal Holdings, Inc.","Various finance executive roles at eBay Inc.","Various accounting roles at Coopers & Lybrand","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"] | ["Chair","Audit Committee (Chair)","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Marylou Maco | Director; Chief Revenue and Customer Experience Officer | 65 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Consumer Insights and Trends","Education Industry","Operational Leadership","Finance and Accounting","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Chief Revenue and Customer Experience Officer at Avaya, LLC","Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations at Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.","Sales executive leadership positions at CognitiveScale, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Oracle Corporation","More than two decades at Cisco Systems"] | ["Member","Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Scott D. Sandell | Lead Independent Director; Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer | 61 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Workforce Skilling","Consumer Insights and Trends","Education Industry","Operational Leadership","Finance and Accounting","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","significant public company director experience","global business expertise","leadership expertise","finance expertise","venture capital industry expertise"] | ["Member","HRC Committee"] | 2026 |
| Sohaib Abbasi | Director | 69 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Operational Leadership","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","Senior advisor at TPG Global","Former board member of Udemy","Former CEO of Informatica Corporation","Former executive roles at Oracle Corporation","Board member of Elastic N.V.","Board member of McAfee Corp."] | ["Member","HRC Committee"] | 2026 |
| Theodore R. Mitchell | Director; Member of the Audit Committee; Chair | 70 | ["Global Growth and Scale","Technology and AI","Workforce Skilling","Education Industry","Operational Leadership","Finance and Accounting","Public Company Board Governance and Compliance","President of the American Council on Education (ACE)","Under Secretary of the United States Department of Education","Chief Executive Officer of the NewSchools Venture Fund","President of the California State Board of Education","President of Occidental College","Leadership roles at University of California, Los Angeles","Deputy to the President and Provost at Stanford University","Professor at Dartmouth College"] | ["Member","Chair","Governance Committee","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
