Former Obama appointee to speak at Bermuda Captive Conference
Former chair of the US National Womens Business Council Carla Harris (pictured) will be the keynote speaker at this year's Bermuda Captive Conference.
Harris, who is senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, and was formerly a vice chairman responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm, was appointed as chair of the NWBC by President Barack Obama in 2013.
She is also the founder and creator of the Multicultural Innovation Lab at Morgan Stanley, and the award winning podcast, Access and Opportunity. She formerly headed the emerging manager platform, the equity capital markets effort for the consumer and retail industries and was responsible for equity private placements.
In her 30+ year career, Harris has had extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors.
Harris was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America”, Fortune’s Most Influential List, US Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance (2009, 2010, 2011), Black Enterprise’s Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business (2017), and “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street”, and to Essence Magazine’s list of “The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World”, Ebony’s list of the Power 100 and “15 Corporate Women at the Top” and was named “Woman of the Year 2004” by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and in 2011 by the Yale Black Men’s Forum.
This year’s Bermuda Captive Conference will be on September 12-13 at the Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach Club.
