Biography

Dr Tracy Long, DBA, MBA, BA

As founder of Boardroom Review in 2004, Tracy Long combines practical board experience with deep academic knowledge; she has served as an executive and a non-executive director on over 20 UK listed and unlisted company boards over the last twenty years, and has a doctorate in international corporate governance and board leadership. She has executive experience in media and financial services; she was a founding director of Classic FM, a director of Central European Media Enterprises and BSkyB, and spent several years in corporate finance and private equity.

Tracy currently serves on boards and committees in the private and public sectors, including Lowland Investment Company plc and Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). She is an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow of Cass Business School, and serves on the Advisory Board of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Tracy regularly presents workshops and seminars on board leadership and effectiveness. Recent papers on board effectiveness have been published in Corporate Governance – An International Review, Journal of General Management and International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics; her doctoral research on the roles and responsibilities of non-executive directors won the Keith MacMillan Prize for Research in 2005.

Boardroom Review is a member of the Corporate Governance Roundtable, Cass Business School.