Sheila Hooda is an experienced independent board director and committee chair of the Nominating & Governance, Risk and Audit committees. Her governance expertise spans public, private, pre and new IPO companies, private credit funds and special purposes acquisition vehicles. She is a transformational leader and a qualified financial expert with a breadth of global business, finance, risk, technology and regulatory expertise. Ms. Hooda is the CEO of Alpha Advisory Partners and a former C-level operating executive with 30+ years of expertise recognized for leading complex customer-centric and digital transformations, driving growth and M&A, and providing strategic direction at Fortune/S&P 500 firms.

Ms. Hooda serves on the boards of Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACT) where she chairs the Nominating & Governance committee since its IPO, Alera Group, Inc., a fast growth GenStar and Flexpoint Ford private equity portfolio company and AGL Private Credit Income Fund launched through an exclusive cooperation agreement with Barclays and backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority where she chairs the Nominating & Governance committee. More recently she served on the boards of ScION Tech Growth Special Acquisition Program (SCOBA, SCOBU) where she chaired the Audit committees and Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company where she chaired the Risk committee. Previously she chaired the Nominating and Governance committee of new IPO company ProSight Global (PROS) and served on the board of Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS).

Ms. Hooda’s former senior executive leadership positions include TIAA, Credit Suisse Investment Bank, Thomson Reuters and Bankers Trust across the USA, Europe and Asia. She started her career in the USA with McKinsey & Co.

A published thought leader, author and speaker on Governance, Business Strategy and Leadership, Ms. Hooda’s accolades include being been named to the NACD Directorship 50 that honors the most influential individuals in corporate governance and the board room, Women’s Inc. magazine’s - Most Influential Directors, BoardProspects - AAPI Board Directors Making a Difference, Directors & Boards magazine - Directors to Watch and the inaugural Agenda/Financial Times D-100.

Ms. Hooda is a Board Leadership Fellow with Directorship Certification credentials from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Hooda has also served on the boards of academic, policy making and non-profit institutions including the Global Advisory Board of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils and Women’s World Banking. An early proponent of the value and impact of human capital, talent and team development and diversity & inclusion, Ms. Hooda initiated and provided guidance for impactful programs at various firms.

Ms. Hooda has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is an alumna from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Ms. Hooda holds additional certifications in the Oversight of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Crypto currency, ESG and Climate leadership