Karen M. Walker

Karen Walker, operating partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was elected to the Eli Lilly and Company board of directors in 2018. Prior to her employment with Goldman Sachs, Walker was the senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Intel Corporation, where she was responsible for the company’s brand, marketing and growth strategies globally. Her 20-plus years in the IT industry have included senior field and marketing leadership roles in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Intel, she held multiple business and consumer leadership positions at Cisco and Hewlett-Packard Walker holds a Bachelor of Science with joint honors in chemistry and business studies from Loughborough University in England and was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration from the University of Sunderland in 2018. She is a strong supporter of the SeeHer movement, which was started by the Association of National Advertisers with the goal of accurately portraying women and girls in the media by 2020.