The speaker for Fall 2021 is F. William McNabb III. Mr. McNabb is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Vanguard. He joined Vanguard in 1986. In 2008, he became chief executive officer; in 2010, he became chairman of the board of directors and the board of trustees. He stepped down as CEO at the end of 2017 and as chairman at the end of 2018. Earlier in his career, he led each of Vanguard's client-facing business divisions.
Mr. McNabb is active in the investment management industry and served as the chairman of the Investment Company Institute's board of governors from 2013 to 2016. A board member of UnitedHealth Group, IBM, and Axiom, he is also chairman of Ernst & Young's Independent Audit Committee. In January 2021, he joined the board of Tilney Smith & Williamson, a U.K. wealth management and professional services group, as a non-executive director. He is a board member of CECP: The CEO Force for Good, a board member of the Philadelphia School Partnership, and the chairman of the board of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia.
In addition, Mr. McNabb is the executive in residence at the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at the LeBow College of Business and a member of the Advisory Board of the Ira M. Milstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School. He is a senior fellow of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. He also serves on the Dartmouth Athletic Advisory Board.
Mr. McNabb earned a B.A.. at Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Chestnut Hill College’s Business Lecture Series brings business and government leaders to campus to connect with students, faculty, administrators, and members of the business community. Lecturers discuss lessons learned and provide insight into current business issues. The general format is a presentation followed by questions and answers. The lectures foster collaboration, interaction, and career contacts for students pursuing careers in all aspects of business. All lectures are free and open to the public.
For first-year students, this lecture will count as a Passport Event.
