Rebecca Schechter is a transformational CEO & Board Director with a track record of driving profitable growth across diverse scales—from $100M high-growth ventures to $6B+. A multi-sector leader operating at the convergence of Financial Services, Benefits, and Healthcare, Rebecca combines industry expertise with the agility to deploy disruptive technologies. She possesses the unique ability to hyperscale GenAI innovation, while applying the financial and operational rigor necessary to execute profitable growth at scale. She is a proven architect of value creation, delivering over $1B in combined margin improvement over her tenure.

Rebecca is currently serving as a Senior Advisor with McKinsey in their healthcare practice, where she engages with Private Equity, Corporate and Government clients. Prior to that, she led the core ambient/generative AI business at Nuance/Microsoft, and one of the most successful deployments of AI/GenAI in healthcare (4X growth, SaaS transformation to target margins reaching 10K physicians).

Prior to that, she was the CEO of Optum Behavioral Health serving over 50 million members across Commercial, Individual, Medicare and Medicaid, with digital, coverage and care delivery solutions. She has held President and C-Suite roles at Liberty Mutual and State Street.

Rebecca is a public Board Director at iA Financial Group, one of Canada's largest insurance and wealth management companies. Rebecca also serves as an independent director for a Goldman Sachs portfolio company, the Center for Social Dynamics. As a Venture Partner at Nina Capital, a global healthtech venture fund, she supports early-stage startups that are developing cutting-edge solutions in healthcare.
 
Rebecca has an MBA from MIT Sloan, and has lived, worked and studied across Europe, North America and Asia.