Sound-Up Governance (ep5) - The journey of a young corporate director, featuring Andrew Escobar
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Image of Andrew Escobar TRANSCRIPT Matt Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This is Matt Fullbrook. In this episode, I talked to a real life unicorn with a horn and wings and everything. Okay...no, my conversation this time is with Andrew Escobar. What makes him so special? Andrew is in his mid 30s, and has more than a decade of board experience in a complex organization. He's also an expert at the intersection between emerging technologies and strategy, currently specializing in open banking. He's been in the governance space long enough to go from zero to embracing the status quo to evolving beyond the status quo, and he's still got like 40 years of runway left if he wants it. In other words, he's what everyone's looking for. If I were to ask 20 boards to tell me what they'd want in a director if they could wave a magic wand and get literally anything, 19 of them would describe Andrew almost to a T. So obviously, Andrew can basically write his own ticket, right? Turns out the answer is an unequivocal "no". But before we get to that, how exactly did Andrew's remarkable journey get started?
Sound-Up Governance (ep5) - The journey of a young corporate director, featuring Andrew Escobar
Sound-Up Governance (ep5) - The journey of a…
Sound-Up Governance (ep5) - The journey of a young corporate director, featuring Andrew Escobar
Image of Andrew Escobar TRANSCRIPT Matt Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This is Matt Fullbrook. In this episode, I talked to a real life unicorn with a horn and wings and everything. Okay...no, my conversation this time is with Andrew Escobar. What makes him so special? Andrew is in his mid 30s, and has more than a decade of board experience in a complex organization. He's also an expert at the intersection between emerging technologies and strategy, currently specializing in open banking. He's been in the governance space long enough to go from zero to embracing the status quo to evolving beyond the status quo, and he's still got like 40 years of runway left if he wants it. In other words, he's what everyone's looking for. If I were to ask 20 boards to tell me what they'd want in a director if they could wave a magic wand and get literally anything, 19 of them would describe Andrew almost to a T. So obviously, Andrew can basically write his own ticket, right? Turns out the answer is an unequivocal "no". But before we get to that, how exactly did Andrew's remarkable journey get started?