Executive View: Building Your Board Career, featuring Tom Gorman

Executive View: Building Your Board Career presents one-on-one discussions with prominent board directors who have made the transition from a corporate career. In a micro-interview format, the conversations explore steps taken towards building a board career including proactive measures, opportunities seized, and any challenges along the way.

This edition features Tom Gorman, Board Director, in discussion with Allan Marks, Boyden CEO & Board Services APAC Regional Practice Leader.

After a business career scanning three decades and having lived and worked on four continents, Tom is now retired from full-time executive life and lives on the northeast coast of the United States. Tom presently serves as a non-executive director for Alcoa Corporation, Orora Limited, Sims Limited, and Worley Limited and is a Trustee of the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.  He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Brambles Limited for 7 years, retiring in February 2017. Prior to joining Brambles, Tom held a number of senior executive positions over a 21-year career at Ford Motor Company, culminating in President of Ford Australia from 2004 to 2008.