Alicia Syrett

Alicia Syrett:

Experienced corporate board director on multiple public, private, advisory and non-profit boards across industries and market capitalizations. Public board roles include Digimarc (Nasdaq: DMRC, digital watermarking technology solutions) and NewAge (Nasdaq: NBEV, organic and healthy products). Founder of Madam Chair group (www.madam-chair.com) of ~70 female Chairs of publicly traded companies.

Board expertise and contribution areas include succession planning, ESG (TCFD, SASB), onboarding, DEI, executive feedback, charter revisions, board development, corporate governance, skills matrices, shareholder engagement, talent and human capital management, agendas, policies and processes, ratings agencies, board assessments, proxy advisors, activists, m&a, proxy (CD&A, say on pay, pay for performance) and financial filings.

C-Suite executive/entrepreneur and current Founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital, an investment vehicle focused on seed and early-stage investments. Former first employee and CAO of multi-billion dollar investment firm. Global operations experience building and managing human resources (payroll, healthcare, compensation, recruiting), insurance, technology, and legal/compliance efforts. Financial/hedge fund industry and investment banking/capital markets background.

Media and speaking experience includes 100+ appearances on major TV networks (CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business, PBS). TED talk on “Why VCs and Angel Investors Say ‘No’ to Entrepreneurs” viewed 350,000+ times. Contributor for Inc. Instructor at Columbia University. Speaker for NACD (topics include ESG, the economy, startups, fireside chats), ISS (“The 21st Century Board of Directors”), and Women Governance Trailblazers podcast.

Select Accolades include LinkedIn “Top Voices in Startups and Entrepreneurship,” Business Insider “30 Women in Venture Capital to Watch,” AlleyWatch “25 Angel Investors in New York You Need to Know.” Featured in Forbes, Fortune, WSJ, Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, NPR’s Marketplace, PBS, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business, USA Today. Member of National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow, The Economic Club of New York, Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB) Founding Member, WomenCorporateDirectors, Women’s Forum of New York.

Earned BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude) with concentrations in Finance and Accounting. MBA degrees from the London Business School (with distinction) and Columbia Business School (Beta Gamma Sigma honors).

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Sub-specialties: Angel investing, startups, seed stage investing, entrepreneurs, advisory boards, social enterprises, diversity, corporate directors, investment trends, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, recruiting, high net worth/accredited investors, family offices, wealth management