Private Company Director‘s Directors to Watch 2024 highlights 24 significant and diverse directors who have contributed to and will continue to expand ongoing dialogue on board best practices and corporate governance excellence.

Alison Clew
Duality, Rabobank N.A., Utrecht-America Holdings Inc., Sigma360
Alison Clew is an independent director, advisory board member and contributor to public policy advocacy.
As an executive at Citigroup and Deloitte, Clew strategically steered multinational financial institutions to achieve innovative compliance risk management solutions and delivered significant business growth by encouraging innovation and teamwork and selectively supercharging those less seen or those with softer voices who are critical to success.
Clew focuses on collaboration in her role as risk committee chair, audit committee member and independent director of the North America board of Rabobank and Utrecht-America Holdings Inc. She is the independent director on the board of Sigma360, a leading AI-driven risk management software solution for financial services, corporates and professional services firms, and is an advisory board member of privacy-enhancing encryption company Duality.
Passion for the mission improves listening skills and inquisitiveness: “In the financial services industry, regulators expect ‘credible challenge’ from boards to management. To be credible, directors must be passionate about the business, industry, innovation and competition in a company’s field. This improves a director’s ability to appreciate complexities and ask insightful questions, fulfilling their duties with positivity and integrity. There are so many ways to channel your passion — keep educating yourself, use management’s time wisely to ask for more information and time to discuss upcoming board meeting topics and give heads-up to management who will attend a board meeting about what they should highlight to improve the board’s understanding.”