Melissa Bethell brings nearly three decades of strategy, technology, and investment experience globally, primarily in the retail and consumer goods sectors. She is a non-executive director of Diageo plc, Exor NV and Tesco plc. She is also a Senior Advisor at Atairos, an investment fund backed by Comcast NBCUniversal, and Chair of Ocean Outdoor, an Atairos investee company. She previously held non-executive director positions at Samsonite, Worldpay and Atento.

Melissa previously served as a Managing Director at Bain Capital, including as a member of the European senior leadership team responsible for strategy setting, fundraising, and portfolio management. During her 18 years at Bain Capital, she co-led Media, Technology, and Telecom investing, working on complex transactions and strategic transformations in Europe, the US, as well as Latin America. Prior to that, she worked in the Capital Markets group at Goldman Sachs & Co. with a focus on media and technology.

Melissa has an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and received a BA with honors in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University.

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