Amee Chande
Independent director since June 2020
Amee Chande is a corporate director and strategy consultant. Ms. Chande sits on the boards of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp and Fortune Brands Innovations, having previously served on the boards of Thumbtack Inc. and the Advisory Board of Livingbridge Private Equity. She is also a senior advisor to leading companies in the mobility sector such as ChargePoint Holdings Inc.
In 2019, Ms. Chande was Chief Commercial Officer for Waymo, Google’s self-driving car project, where she was responsible for defining the overall strategy and laying the foundation for a strong commercial business. From 2015 to 2018, she was a Managing Director at Alibaba Group Holding Limited where she was the first senior executive hired to lead globalization. Ms. Chande has also held divisional Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer roles at global retailers including Tesco PLC, Staples and Walmart Inc. in both Europe and the United States. She began her career as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company. Ms. Chande is an active volunteer with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts where she served as a member of the World Board, and she also teaches strategy as an adjunct professor at UBC Sauder School of Business.
Ms. Chande holds a bachelor of business administration degree from Simon Fraser University, a master of science degree from the London School of Economics and a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School.
