The Art of CEO Succession Planning
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
12pm ET
We see it in our Board Performance Assessment Benchmarks, and we hear about it when we talk to boards: Of all the challenges that boards face in an increasingly complex governance landscape, Management Succession Planning tops the list.
Getting planned CEO succession right is complicated for a whole host of reasons. Nonetheless, being proactive and overcoming the obstacles is among the most important responsibilities a board can accomplish. In this webinar, we’ll talk about what it takes with a guest who is world-class at leading a smart, strategic, and repeatable succession process.
Chip Bergh, current CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. and Chair of the Board of HP Inc., has deftly led companies and boards through multiple CEO succession planning efforts–including helping to guide his own transition at Levi’s. In the process of putting the right plan and people in place, he has navigated huge company transitions, shareholder demands, rapid market changes, the global pandemic, and more. Join us to hear his advice on finding the time and staying the course to plan and ensure long-term company prosperity.
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Our Guest
Chip Bergh
President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
Chair of the Board, HP, Inc.
Chip Bergh has been the president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co (LS&Co.) since 2011. During his tenure, the company has experienced a dramatic turnaround marked by outstanding performance, a return to the center of culture and purpose-driven leadership. LS&Co. returned to the public markets with a successful IPO in March 2019. Chip is also chair of the board of HP, Inc (HPQ), serving on the board since 2015.
In 2019, Chip was named one of the World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine and he has been widely recognized for his statements and actions on issues like gun-violence prevention, climate change, and social and racial justice.
Your Host
Abby Adlerman
CEO, Boardspan
Abby is CEO and founder of Boardspan, the leading cloud-based software and advisory company that focuses exclusively on helping boards of directors succeed through alignment and good governance. Abby brings more than 25 years of governance and board experience to Boardspan’s clients. Previously, she was on the leadership team at Russell Reynolds (based in Singapore and before that San Francisco) and also spent 15 years on Wall Street as an investment banker.
She has worked with the likes of Twitter, KKR, the Olympic movement, and hundreds of other board clients. Abby received her BS in Engineering from Lafayette College and her MPPM from Yale University, where she served as a member of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board.