Director Since March 2012
Since early 2020, Ms. McGarvie has been writing for the online journal of the National Association of Corporate Directors and providing webinars regarding corporate governance topics. She was a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School teaching in the accounting and management unit from 2012 until 2014. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty, Ms. McGarvie served for ten years as Chief Executive Officer and founder of Leadership for International Finance, a global consulting firm specializing in leadership seminars for corporate and academic groups. During this period, she co-founded and served as Senior Fellow for Northwestern University’s Kellogg Innovation Network and was a visiting leader at the Shanghai-based China Europe International Business School. Prior to 2003, Ms. McGarvie was Chief Financial Officer for BIC Group, a publicly-traded consumer goods company with operations in 36 countries, based in Paris, France. Prior to moving to Paris, Ms. McGarvie was Chief Financial Officer for Hannaford Bros. Co, a Fortune 500 retailing company, between 1994 and 1999. She is a member of the board of directors, and the chair of the financial policy committee, of Sonoco Products Company, a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products; a member of the board of directors, and chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee, of Apple Hospitality REIT, a real estate management trust; and a member of the board of directors, and the chair of the finance committee, of privately held Wawa, Inc., a chain of convenience stores and gas stations located along the East Coast of the United States. Ms. McGarvie also served on the board of directors of Viacom Inc., a global entertainment content company, including as chairperson of the Viacom audit committee, until 2017, and was a member of the board of directors of Accenture plc, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, until 2017. Ms. McGarvie is a Certified Public Accountant and earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.