Board Oversight in an Age of Uncertainty: Understanding & Navigating Geopolitical Risk

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May 29, 2025 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM PDT Seattle, WA

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Karin Martinez
Executive Director
NACD Northwest Chapter
6830 NE Bothell Way NE, Ste. C #415
Kenmore, WA 98028
programs@northwest.nacdonline.org
Tel: 206-910-6841

 

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Member Price: Complimentary

Non Member Price: Complimentary

Credits: 1 NACD Credit

In today’s volatile global landscape, geopolitical risk is no longer a distant concern—it’s a boardroom imperative. From armed conflicts and sanctions to tariffs and supply-chain disruptions, directors are being called on to look beyond traditional risk frameworks and lead with foresight.

This must-attend panel brings together global risk experts and seasoned board leaders to explore how directors can evolve from passive risk reviewers to proactive strategic navigators. Learn how to pressure-test your company’s resilience, embed geopolitical risk into enterprise strategy, and guide management through real-time responses to rapidly unfolding global events.

Learning Outcomes

Key takeaways will include:

·       How to integrate geopolitical risk into board-level discussions and oversight

·       Tools and frameworks for scenario planning and stress testing

·       The role of the board in shaping strategy amid disruption, conflict, and global fragmentation

·       Best practices for engaging management and ensuring timely, informed decision-making

Location

Washington Athletic Club - Crystal Room (3rd Floor)

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Director, Expeditors International, Frontdoor

Liane Pelletier

Liane Pelletier is a former public company CEO and chair, with a 25-year operating career in telecommunications. Since late 2011, she has been a full-time independent corporate director across a variety of industries. Pelletier has occupied every seat at the corporate boardroom table, including public company CEO, executive chair, nonexecutive chair, lead independent director, and either chair or member of audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees…

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Director, CELSIUS Holdings, Inc., Cartamundi, Revlon

Hans Melotte

Hans Melotte is an international business leader and board director who brings a unique combination of global P&L accountability and brand management with leadership experience in supply chain and procurement across the retail, consumer goods and health care industries…

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Deputy Head of Emerging Risks Group, Marsh

Michael Foster

Michael Foster is the deputy head of the emerging risks group within the Marsh risk advisory practice. The emerging risks group helps clients understand their changing risk profiles over a muti-year time horizon using a scenario-based approach to provide bespoke analytics to support enterprise risk management…

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Partner, Seyfarth

Lisa Schaures

Lisa Schaures is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Seattle. She counsels family offices, privately held companies, social ventures, and nonprofit organizations through corporate and tax issues at every stage of growth…

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4:30 pm: Check in

4:45 pm: Panel Discussion

6:00 pm: Networking Reception 

NACD Northwest
Contact Us

Karin Martinez
Executive Director
NACD Northwest Chapter
6830 NE Bothell Way NE, Ste. C #415
Kenmore, WA 98028
programs@northwest.nacdonline.org
Tel: 206-910-6841

 

Find a Chapter

NACD and the NACD Chapter Network organizations (NACD) are non-partisan, nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing directors with the opportunity to discuss timely governance oversight practices. The views of the speakers and audience are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NACD.