Karen King
Karen King is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, the world’s leading large-scale technology investment firm, with over $80 billion in assets under management and committed capital. Silver Lake differentiates
OUR MISSION
The mission of DirectWomen is to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards.
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Annette L. Nazareth
Annette Nazareth is a Senior Counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell. She also currently serves as the Operating Lead of a private-sector-led international Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Until
Andrea E. Utecht
Andrea E. Utecht is the former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of FMC Corporation, an S&P 500 multinational agrochemical manufacturing company. She also served until January 2024 as