Francesca Luthi

Francesca has served on the Board and chairs the Audit Committee of dMY, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Completed four successful transactions: RSI, IONQ, GENI, PL and HQWWW.

Francesca led Assurant’s Global Operations with more than 7,000 employees serving 300 million customers worldwide. To maximize business value and further enhance the customer and employee experience, she also managed Assurant’s People Organization, and centers of excellence for Data Analytics, AI and Digital Transformation, Customer Experience, Sustainability & DEI, Communications, Global Sourcing, Security and Corporate Real Estate teams.

As Chief Administrative Officer and Acting Chief Human Resources Officer, Francesca led Assurant's Global People Organization in addition to the marketing and communications, investor relations, sustainability, global sourcing and real estate teams. She was charged with enhancing the company’s global brand and reputation among customers, employees, and shareholders by building strategic capabilities to engage and develop employees, foster a more diverse and inclusive culture, and sustain long-term profitable growth. She successfully transformed Assurant’s Global People Organization aligning business and talent strategies, and delivering scale efficiencies and industry-leading employee engagement scores. She also drove Assurant’s Future of Work strategy to deliver material operating expense reductions through organizational restructuring, AI/digital transformation and real estate optimization while improving customer and employee experience and organizational agility.

Francesca oversaw all aspects of enterprise marketing and communications, including brand management, public relations, executive and employee communications, investor relations, customer experience and corporate social responsibility. As a key partner to Assurant’s CEO and executive team, she developed and executed a multi-stakeholder engagement plan to transform the business portfolio through the exit of three operating segments and the integration of 13 acquisitions, including $2.5B acquisition of The Warranty Group, delivering millions of operating synergies through back-office rationalization and transforming Assurant to a business services leader supporting the connected lifestyle market. In this role, she developed the company’s corporate social responsibility strategic framework, and designed and built the first integrated global marketing and communications organization and CX center of excellence with global capabilities to support double-digit average annual EBITDA growth and industry-leading net promoter scores.

Her role expanded from Investor Relations to include oversight for Corporate Communications and Corporate Marketing. She served as a key advisor to the Board and Chief Legal Officer during simultaneous CEO, CFO, CHRO transitions. She developed and executed an integrated financial communications and investor relations plan attracting a more diversified shareholder base with the stock appreciating 133.8% during her time in role.

She joined Assurant to lead Investor Relations with a mandate to build market credibility, drive fair valuation, and provide strategic crisis communications counsel following intense regulatory scrutiny.

Francesca serves on the National Ability Center's Board of Directors and chairs the People & Culture Committee. She was a key advisor to the Board Chair, Executive Director and Leadership Team during COVID-19 crisis and CEO succession.

Francesca led crisis management during a Minnesota Attorney General investigation. Working with the Board, CEO and executive team, she helped stabilize the organization to maintain focus on client delivery and executing financial objectives.

At BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting and at the time one of the largest management & technology firms), Francesca was recruited to lead investor relations, industry analyst relations, and competitive analysis functions after the company went public.

Francesca was hired to establish a global IR capability following Accenture's IPO. She helped strengthened Accenture’s financial profile and cemented the company's value in the marketplace. During her tenure, she doubled the international shareholder base and received Institutional Investor’s award for the best IR team in the IT Services industry.