Caroline O’Connel, Advisor

Caroline is Chief Administrative Officer of BetaNXT, overseeing human resources, corporate development, marketing, communications, real estate, procurement, business enablement, and the Chief of Staff function for the Chief Executive Officer. Caroline is also an Industry Partner with Motive Partners, where she sources and executes investment opportunities with a focus on identifying trends and growth for Motive portfolio companies. She is also an Independent Director of Kingwood Acquisition Corp..

Previously, Caroline was a member of the Operating Committee and the first Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer of Equitable.

Prior to Equitable, Caroline sat on the Operating Committee of BNY Mellon and the Executive Committee of BNY Mellon Investment Services, which represented $12B+ of the firm's $15B+ in revenue, where she was the first Chief Marketing Officer. Prior roles within the BNY Mellon umbrella saw Caroline as the first Global Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at BNY Mellon Pershing. She built Pershing's marketing function from the ground up and also led strategy, communications, the chief of staff function for the Chief Executive Officer, innovation, and product management.

Caroline is active in industry organizations and board service. She is a member of Extraordinary Women on Boards, and is a founding member of the Outthinker Chief Strategy Officer Network and Chair of its Advisory Board. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Securities Industry Institute® (SII) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Insured Retirement Institute. She was also a member of the FCS Marketing Leadership Roundtable.

Caroline earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Master of Business Administration in Marketing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.