Marianna Zangrillo, D.Sc. (Tech.)

Marianna Zangrillo is a business leader, investor, and author with two decades of experience driving corporate transformation and performance across global markets. Her work on boards, leadership, and strategy has been featured in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Fast Company, and she has been quoted by Forbes and other international media outlets.

Marianna is a partner at The Next Advisors, where she advises CEOs, board chairs, and directors around the world. She is also the co-author, with Thomas Keil, of The Next CEO, The Next Leadership Team, and their newest book, The Next Board: Delivering Value Today while Making the Board Fit for Tomorrow, all published by Routledge.

Marianna Zangrillo is a distinguished member of the CEOWORLD Magazine Executive Council. You may connect with her through LinkedIn or official website.

Global C-Suite Summit

The Board Diamond: The Blueprint for Future-Ready Governance

Marianna Zangrillo, D.Sc. (Tech.) Global C-Suite Summit

Boards today operate in an environment that feels perpetually unsettled. Digital acceleration, AI, geopolitical friction, the emergence of new ecosystems, and abrupt shifts in social expectations have converged to create a landscape in which corporate direction can change overnight. In this context, governance must evolve from periodic oversight to an active partnership in shaping the...

C-Suite Intelligence

The Art of Assembling Leadership Teams: Internal vs. External Hires

Marianna Zangrillo, D.Sc. (Tech.) C-Suite Intelligence

Twitter, a global leader in social media, has weathered a particularly tumultuous year. First, there was its headline-grabbing acquisition by SpaceX and Tesla mogul Elon Musk, followed by its dramatic restructuring, and topped with the appointment of Linda Yaccarino as its new CEO. Now, as the dust settles, a monumental...

Special Reports

The skills of a CEO in 2022 – What got us here, won’t get us there

Marianna Zangrillo, D.Sc. (Tech.) Special Reports

When we look at company top brass in the past year, we have seen more CEO successions than ever. In the aftermath of the crisis that COVID-19 has caused in many industries, people have started to be more observant and critical of their leadership, and boards have started to rethink...

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