Private Company Director’s Directors to Watch 2026 highlights 29 significant and diverse directors who have contributed to and will continue to expand ongoing dialogue on board best practices and corporate governance excellence.
Harriet Harty
M3 Placement and Partnership
Harriet Harty is a successful Fortune 500 executive and CPA with strong financial acumen and experience. She served as a director of a subsidiary of Sompo International and currently serves as an advisory board member of M3 Placement and Partnership.
Harty is a trusted partner of C-suite, board and management teams who brings expertise in finance and human resources at major property casualty insurance companies through C-suite roles. She also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as CEO succession planning.
As the founder and CEO of Harriet Harty Executive Solutions, Harty recently counseled the chair of the compensation committee of a major bank on CEO succession planning. She was honored by N2Growth with its Top CHRO: Chief Human Resources Award in 2018.
Harty is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Private Directors Association and Women Corporate Directors.
Taking CEO succession from governance to strategy. “Most boards would agree that CEO succession is a primary responsibility of the board. However, many CEOs and board members do not make it a priority. The mindset needs to change from reactive succession thinking (engaging in emergencies with no planning) to continuous succession strategy (treating succession as a strategic initiative with integrated planning and pipeline evaluation). The board needs to advise staff to integrate leadership planning into their business strategy, identify successors for critical roles, and prioritize leadership development and retention at all levels.”