Nominee Director, International Finance Corporation, CSquared
Lucy Quist is an accomplished strategic business leader with extensive experience in financial services and telecommunications. She is the IFC-nominated non-executive director for CSquared and also serves on the boards of INSEAD Business School and Margins ID Group.
She is the author of the book, The Bold New Normal, and convenes an annual conference of the same title aimed at building sustainable prosperity in Africa.
Most recently, she was Managing Director and Global Head of Firm Resilience at Morgan Stanley, where she led the firm's business continuity and operational resilience functions after serving as the Global Head of Change in Technology Transformation. Previously, she was a CEO of Airtel, and held leadership roles at Vodafone and Millicom International Cellular. Early in her career, she worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Ford Motor Company. She believes in collaborative leadership, creating room for people in her teams to succeed together and thrive as they deliver business results.
Lucy is a chartered electrical and electronic engineer with a first-class honors degree from the University of East London and an MBA from INSEAD. She speaks French as a second business language.
Her experience in strategy, organisational development and business transformation, combined with her board expertise, make her a valuable asset to the organisations she leads.
Lucy is a co-founder of the Executive Women Network and a founding investor in FreshPay, a FinTech company.
