Heather Wolf

Managing Director at Trewstar Corporate Board Services

Heather joined Trewstar from Allegis Partners, a boutique search firm where she specialized in board placements. She previously spent 15 years with the Financial Times, where she developed events and publications for corporate directors and executives. Under her leadership, the FT Outstanding Directors Exchange (ODX) conference series and awards program became the gold standard for director education, providing a platform for advancing corporate governance. Heather also developed and launched the FT Global CFO Forum and FT US Banking Forum.

Prior to working with the Financial Times, Heather was a director at Wolff Olins, a leading strategic branding firm. She started at the London headquarters and was part of the small team that launched the US business in NY and San Francisco. She was previously a principal at Capgemini, where she led business transformation projects in the US (Equity Life, Texaco, Unocal), Europe (Amerada Hess, AXA, Hill Samuel, Mobil Europe), and South Africa (Fedsure/Investec, McCarthy Motor Holdings, Southern Life, South African Telkom). She began her career in a business development role at Aon in Chicago and LA.

A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Heather has a BA from Tulane University and a Masters of International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She was elected four times to the board of her Long Island public school district, serving on the Board of Education for 12 years. She currently sits on the board of the Directors Academy, a national non-profit dedicated to identifying, developing, and placing diverse corporate directors.

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  • Managing Director

    April, 2021 - present

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