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Leslie Heisz
Independent Director
Leslie Heisz is an accomplished investment banking and finance executive, currently serving as an Independent Director at Capital Group. She has over 23 years of senior-level experience in investment banking, with a focus on advising C-suite executives and boards on complex financial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, and capital financing.
Heisz holds significant board positions, including roles at Kaiser Permanente, where she has been a director since January 2015, and Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. She has previously served on the boards of several notable companies, such as Ingram Micro, Towers Watson, and HCC Insurance Holdings. Her extensive background includes senior roles at prominent firms like Lazard, Wasserstein Perella, and Salomon Brothers, where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in economics-systems science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, concentrating on finance and accounting. Additionally, Heisz has been recognized by the National Association of Corporate Directors as part of the NACD Directorship 100, highlighting her leadership in corporate governance.12
