Anita Ward

Anita Ward is a seasoned applied anthropologist with over 25 years of experience in technology, business development, and executive management across various industries including financial services, insurance, real estate, healthcare, and oil and gas.

As a global executive, Anita specializes in aligning information technology with business and organizational strategies to drive growth, sustainability, and change.

Her expertise includes developing and implementing organizational culture, transformation, technology, acquisitions/divestitures, and revenue strategies to foster inclusive business and community ecosystems.

Anita has held significant roles such as President, CIO, and CDO in large and mid-size corporations, both public and private, as well as non-profit organizations, managing P&L responsibilities exceeding $100 million.

She excels in revenue generation, having grown revenue and donor bases by more than 500% in a nonprofit organization through strategic expansion, donation, and grant management.

Anita is a transformation and change management leader, driving enterprise-wide transformations focused on culture, strategy, and technology in various sectors including financial services, insurance, retail, manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations.

Her experience in acquisitions spans M&A, IPOs, and start-ups, having led various initiatives such as acquisitions, divestitures, technology IPOs, and the establishment of IT professional services start-ups.

Anita's proficiency in technology lies in creating business value through speed, agility, customer experience, digital architecture, AI, mobile, big data, and business intelligence.

She has been recognized by notable publications and organizations including Real Change Leaders, Forbes ASAP, Fast Company, CIO Magazine, and ComputerWorld, and was named a Top 100 Fintech for Sustainable Development Goals Influencer in 2019.