Corning Incorporatedâs Board of Directors announced that Thomas D. French, former senior partner and current senior partner emeritus with McKinsey & Company, has been appointed to Corningâs Board of Directors, effective June 20, 2023. Mr. French will serve on the boardâs Audit Committee as well as its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee. He will hold office until Corningâs annual meeting of shareholders in the spring of 2024, at which time he will stand for election to a one-year term.
His appointment brings the number of Corning directors to 16. Mr. French retired as a senior partner of McKinsey & Company in December 2019, and currently is senior partner emeritus. During his 33-year career with McKinsey, he served leading technology-driven industrial companies on issues of strategy, marketing, corporate governance, and organization design.
He led the firmâs Global Marketing and Sales Practice for five years, the Americas Practice for seven years, and served on multiple firm governance committees. He is a trustee of several non-profit organizations. Mr. French brings four decades of management consulting experience to the Board.
In particular, he brings deep familiarity with how global, technology-driven companies approach strategic planning, digital transformation, customer engagement, organization design, innovation, and matters of governance. In his role leading McKinseyâs Global Marketing and Sales Practice, he gained unique insight into how innovation-driven industrial companies commercialize new technologies and build businesses. He is also deeply versed in the dynamics of Corningâs end markets, including telecommunications, display glass, advanced materials, and consumer electronics.