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Frederick William McNabb III

Frederick William McNabb III

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Vanguard Group, Inc.
F. William McNabb III

Director since: 2019

  • Committee
    • Audit
  • Key Contributions
    • Extensive global business experience and knowledge of financial and strategic issues and risk management as former executive chairman and chief executive officer of Vanguard
    • Significant experience in corporate governance and risk management as a director of UnitedHealth Group and Axiom and an Advisory Board Member for the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
    • Significant financial expertise and understanding of financial reporting and accounting principals

Mr. McNabb, 67, served as chairman of The Vanguard Group, Inc. from 2008 until his retirement in 2018 and served as chief executive officer from 2008 to 2017. He joined Vanguard in 1986. In 2010, he became chairman of the board of directors and the board of trustees of the Vanguard group of investment companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. McNabb led each of Vanguard’s client facing business divisions. Mr. McNabb served as the vice-chairman of the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and served as its chairman from 2013 to 2016. He is a director of UnitedHealth Group and serves as the chair of its audit committee. He is also a director of Axiom. Mr. McNabb is the former chairman of the board of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, chairman of the USRowing Foundation, and former chairman of Ernst & Young’s Independent Audit Quality Committee. Mr. McNabb also serves on the Wharton Leadership Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia University and is also a board member of CECP: The CEO Force for Good.

Top Strategic Skills

Top Strategic Skills

Risk Oversight/Risk Management
Cybersecurity
Financial Expertise/Literacy
Human Capital Management
Strategy/Business Development

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