Welcome Our New Board Members!
Published September 30, 2024 by pgalums in
We’re thrilled to introduce some incredible new members to our board, each bringing a wealth of experience and fresh perspectives:
Neil Comerford
Neil Comerford is a customer focused business leader with more than 30 years of experience in Commercial and General Management industries. He has lived on three continents and worked in more than 30 countries. Neil is currently consulting companies and investment funds on commercial best practices, company capabilities, and helping to secure investment for high-growth businesses.
During a Sales and Customer Business Development career in P&G for 19 years, working across WE, CEEMEA, and EMEA, Neil collaborated with many of P&G’s largest global customers and distributor partners. He was (and is), an advocate for and enabler of P&G’s expansion in Africa, working seven years on the continent. Neil is most proud of the generation of P&G and P&G Alum leaders he was able to coach and help grow in their early careers who have now assumed leadership roles of significance. He has recently become actively involved in the P&G Alumni network and has an appetite to help upgrade the attraction and enrollment of young alumni.
Kendra Speed
Kendra Speed is passionate about helping teams and individuals use their experiences to face new challenges. Her focus on authenticity, purpose, and innovation drives her to inspire others to break through barriers and achieve success.
As the Global Director of Consumer Insights at LinkedIn, Kendra leads a team that discovers key insights across LinkedIn’s main services, brand perception, and consumer trust. Her work helps shape strategies that improve how people understand and engage with the platform.
Kendra has ignited more than $2 Billion in product and marketing pipelines for leading brands such as Dropbox, Toyota, Olay, and JM Smucker. Her groundbreaking psychographic segmentation in the real estate industry led to the formation of Charlotte-based homebuilder of Fielding Homes and the rebranding of national multi-family developer Novel. Kendra has partnered with corporations such as BET and P&G to deliver transformative campaigns. As a visionary strategist, she helped to create the national CROWN Act, in partnership with Unilever.
Fer Jiménez Riveroll
Fer Jiménez Riveroll collaborated within P&G, starting as a scholar in 1991 and growing to band three in 2000. During this period, he held eleven distinct positions, including areas in materials management, shipment liquidation, customer service, sales administration, IWS, and sales. Thereafter he served in General Management of Scorpion, then as General Manager of a Mercedes Benz agency in Querétaro, and later as CMO at DHL Since July 2023, Fer has been a founding partner and Director of Acquisition at NCC, Fer has also been a member of several boards, including the P&G Alumni Mexico Network.
Fer believes that people should remain in a state of constant construction, which is why he continues to learn new things at prestigious centers of learning. Further, his love of philanthropy has led him to undertake many personal projects such as co-writing more than fifty financial intelligence books for children from Kindergarten to High School, founding Deudores Anónimos, and supporting projects like Teletón, Aldeas Infantiles, TECHO, Wikipedia, Greenpeace, and soon Banco de Alimentos