Podcast #72 | Claudia Fan Munce: "The Board's Role is to Challenge Management to Think Outside of the Box."

In episode #72 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Claudia Fan Munce, a recognized leader in venture capital after 30 years of service with IBM. She founded the Venture Capital Group within IBM, where she served as its Managing Director and Vice President of Corporate Development.

She now serves as a venture advisor at NEA, one of the largest and most active venture capital firms, and as a board member at Best Buy, CoreLogic, the Bank of the West/BNP Paribas, the Energy Impact Acquisition (SPAC) and the National Association of Corporate Directors/Northern California. She’s also a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In this podcast, Evan and Claudia talk about corporate venture capital (CVC), board service in public and private companies, the current downturn, the role of the board in strategy and innovation, super-majority voting structures and founder control, cybersecurity, ESG, boardroom diversity and enhanced geopolitical risks.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/claudia-fan-munce (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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