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In this 23-minute episode of the “Women Governance Trailblazers” podcast, Courtney Kamlet & Liz Dunshee interviewed Susanna Morgan, who is a former public company CFO and is currently a director at Payoneer and Mixpanel. Susanna is also a founding member of Guilds by FirstMark. They discussed:

1. Susanna’s career path and current director roles, which include a public company and a private company backed by Andreesen Horowitz.
2. How directors can handle (or avoid) “information overload” so that they are able to focus on the most salient issues and keep the big picture in focus.
3. Why corporate governance is an important piece of financial, investor relations, and corporate development roles, and how corporate governance practices may differ between public companies and VC-backed companies.
4. Practices and approaches that allow executives and directors to get the most out of their relationship with each other.
5. Advice for effective cross-department collaboration, to balance incorporating different perspectives with moving deliberately toward strategic goals.
6. What Susanna thinks women in the corporate governance field can add to the current conversation on the societal role of companies.

To listen to any of the prior episodes of Women Governance Trailblazers, visit the podcast page on TheCorporateCounsel.net or use your favorite podcast app.

– Dave Lynn