Ms. Harford is a seasoned financial services industry executive with over 30 years of risk management, compliance and banking experience. Ms. Harford served as the President of UBS Asset Management as well as Chair of UBS Asset Management’s Executive Committee and Risk Committee from October 2019 until her retirement in February 2024. From April 2021 until February 2024, Ms. Harford also served as the UBS Group Executive Board Lead for the firm’s sustainability and impact efforts. As head of UBS Group’s Sustainability and Impact organization, Ms. Harford had oversight of the Chief Sustainability Office, responsible for sustainability strategy, external engagement and corporate responsibility across UBS. Ms. Harford joined UBS as the Head of Investments in July 2017, where she was responsible for the investment teams for traditional asset classes and UBS O’Connor, a multi-strategy hedge fund, until September 2019.

Prior to joining UBS, Ms. Harford worked at Citigroup, Inc., an investment bank and financial services corporation, for almost 25 years, most recently as the Regional Head of Markets for North America. Ms. Harford was also a member of Citibank’s Pension Plan Investment Committee and a director on the board of Citibank Canada.

Ms. Harford served as a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Investing and has held seats on the board of several industry associations, including the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and the Securities Industry Financial Management Association. She is currently the chair of the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s board of directors and is a founding sponsor of Veterans on Wall Street, a coalition of financial services firms established to support U.S.-based transitioning veterans and received the Outstanding Civilian Service Award from the U.S. Army for those efforts.