Lori Watanabe is a passionate and highly experienced professional with a multi-cultural and dimensional background, demonstrating strong leadership, financial acumen and operational excellence throughout her illustrious career.Since 2022, Lori has provided valuable insights to Swiss-based foundations, optimizing governance structures and fostering strategic board efficiency. Her consultancy projects reflect a commitment to ensuring organizations operate strategically, effectively and compliantly.In her role as SVP and Head of Operational Excellence at Siemens Schweiz AG until June 2022, Lori showcased her strategic thinking and ability to drive and implement corporate-wide initiatives. Managing a significant budget and a global team, she transformed the function’s financial management delivering unprecedent transparency and significant savings.In her previous roles at Credit Suisse, Citigroup and The World Bank, Lori continued to excel, acting as a trusted advisor, driving strategic initiatives and managing global teams. Her extensive experience in financial planning and analysis, people & talent, risk management, and control frameworks positions her as a versatile professional with a profound understanding of organizational dynamics.Lori's academic journey includes an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, complemented by Japanese Language Studies at Keio University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from UCLA. Her growth mindset and commitment to lifelong learning is evident through recent courses at the University of Zurich, including Responsible Business Conduct, Gender Economics, and The Politics of Inequality.