Nike, Inc. announced that Mónica Gil and Bob Swan were elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Gil is chief administrative and marketing officer of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Swan is an operating partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of Intel Corporation.
“Mónica and Bob’s collective leadership in business operations, innovation, marketing, branding, and media make them outstanding additions to our board,” said Mark Parker, executive chairman, Nike, Inc. “We’re excited to bring on their expertise and perspectives as we continue to accelerate our strategy to create value through a relentless drive to serve the future of sport.”
In her role at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Gil leads the company’s brand development, digital marketing, and multichannel creative efforts. She has overseen marketing and brand campaigns across Telemundo’s broadcast, cable and digital properties, including Telemundo’s broadcast of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.Gil created and launched Telemundo’s women leadership programs and developed the Telemundo Academy to support the next generation of media leaders.
Before Telemundo, Gil served in several leadership roles at Nielsen.
Swan is an operating partner on the Growth Investing team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he advises growth-stage portfolio companies. Before joining the firm, he was CEO and CFO of Intel. Previously, Swan was an operating partner at General Atlantic and served as CFO of eBay, leading the spin-off of PayPal in 2015. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of Electronic Data Systems and TRW and served as CFO, COO and CEO of Webvan.
