Ms. MacDermott’s career has spanned 25+ years at the intersection of global business, banking, intelligence and technology.
Prior to joining Consello, Ms. MacDermott was a Partner at Independence Point Advisors (IPA). Prior to joining IPA, she was Vice Chair of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America (BofA) as well as Head of the Global Cyber Public Policy team responsible for BofA’s participation in programs dedicated to improving the risk and cyber resiliency of the global financial system.
Before BofA, Ms. MacDermott led the Cyber Economics Practice at Ernst & Young (EY) where she consulted for Fortune 500 Boards on geopolitics, intelligence and cybersecurity. Prior to EY, she spent more than 20 years working overseas and in Silicon Valley. In addition, Ms. MacDermott is an accomplished author, with six books to her name.
Ms. MacDermott is a Professor of Practice at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.
Ms. MacDermott is an Advisory Board Member at Temple University’s Institute for Law, Innovation and Technology. She serves on the Board of the Institute of the Americas, is the Vice Chair of the Fund for Peace, is an Associate Fellow at the Global Fellowship Initiative at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, is a Fellow at Aspen Finance Leaders Fellowship and is a member of the Aspect Global Leadership Network.
Ms. MacDermott received an M.B.A. in International Business and Economics from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, a Global Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a B.A. in German Language and Literature from Temple University. She has worked in over ten countries and speaks five languages.
