Independent Board Director
Valvoline
Janet S. Wong is an Independent Board Director and business advisor with unique experience working in the high technology, manufacturing, consumer products and the financial services industries. She is a licensed CPA. Her qualifications include recognition as an experienced Financial Expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq. She is a NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Certified Director® demonstrating her qualifications and commitment as an experienced board director. She serves on the public company boards of Lucid Group (Nasdaq: LCID), a sustainable mobility company producing luxury electric vehicles and electric powertrain systems; Enviva (NYSE: EVA), a global energy company manufacturing sustainable bioenergy; Lumentum Holdings (Nasdaq: LITE), a high-technology manufacturer of innovative photonic products to enable speed throughout the worlds’ communications networks; and TWFG (Nasdaq: TWFG), a national insurance company. She is a partner (retired) with KPMG, one of the largest global...
Janet S. Wong is an Independent Board Director and business advisor with unique experience working in the high technology, manufacturing, consumer products and the financial services industries. She is a licensed CPA. Her qualifications include recognition as an experienced Financial Expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq. She is a NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Certified Director® demonstrating her qualifications and commitment as an experienced board director.
She serves on the public company boards of Lucid Group (Nasdaq: LCID), a sustainable mobility company producing luxury electric vehicles and electric powertrain systems; Enviva (NYSE: EVA), a global energy company manufacturing sustainable bioenergy; Lumentum Holdings (Nasdaq: LITE), a high-technology manufacturer of innovative photonic products to enable speed throughout the worlds’ communications networks; and TWFG (Nasdaq: TWFG), a national insurance company.
She is a partner (retired) with KPMG, one of the largest global professional services firms, where she spent the majority of her career based in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices providing her with experience working and advising Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups that grew to successful publicly listed companies. She has global corporate experience in Asia, Europe and North America. Her expertise includes financial accounting, internal controls, M&A and strategic planning.
In June 2024, Directors & Boards named her to its list of Public Company Women Directors to Watch for her governance and leadership experience. In May 2023, BoardProspects named her to its list of the Top 30 Asian American Board Directors in the U.S. In April 2022, NACD named her to its 2022 Directorship 100™, an annual honor for leading directors and governance professionals.
Janet is a frequent speaker on board topics including governance, Audit Committees, risk management including AI and cybersecurity. With respect to DEI, she published research on the lack of greater diversity in the management, executive and board rooms of corporate America; co-developed a leadership program for Asian women; developed and led a board readiness program for Pan-Asian aspiring directors; launched the first Diverse Women on Boards Forum; and spoke at various forums to promote board diversity including the Morgan Stanley Multi-Cultural Leaders Conference, Latino Corporate Directors Association Annual Convening, Financial Times Outstanding Directors Exchange, How Women Lead programs and the NACD Summit.
