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.
Martha McGuire
TAB Bank
Martha McGuire is an executive with more than 20 years of experience in the highly regulated banking industry. Currently, she is a director of TAB Bank, where she serves on the compensation committee and is chair of the directors loan committee.
In her career, she received excellent training at First Chicago Bank (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.), which led to P&L responsibility at Wachovia, Huntington and Bank of Oklahoma, where she led teams to expand markets while maintaining credit standards. Her strengths are in credit, capital markets, management and strategic planning. She concluded her career as executive VP of the lease finance and large corporate portfolios at First Bank Chicago.
McGuire serves on the Salvation Army Advisory Council (Chicago) and Smithsonian Institution Regional Council. She holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BBA from Southern Methodist University.
Ready or not, AI is coming: “No one can fully anticipate how AI will change the workplace and our lives. That said, companies and boards still need to prepare for potential disruption. Preparedness is not management’s responsibility alone. Directors, management, IT staff and employees all need to educate themselves to anticipate significant opportunities and challenges on how AI will affect their company. As part of their fiduciary responsibility, directors need to keep updated on AI to make sure governance is leading the company and AI is not taking the driver’s seat!”