Foli Pontillo
Global Head of Investor Engagement & Perception, Nasdaq Corporate Platforms
With nearly 20 years of Advisory experience, Foli leads Nasdaq's Global Perception, ESG Sentiment, and Investor Engagement practices. She oversees a globally dispersed team engaging directly with the financial community on behalf of IR professionals, senior level executives, and Boards. Foli and her team provide candid market perspectives and contextual insights to assist corporates with effectively navigating the investment landscape. Further, her team advises IR and senior management teams on buy-side engagement, targeting, and roadshow planning leveraging proprietary data and analytics. The team has partnered with corporates through significant events, including changes in capital deployment, restructurings, M&A, executive turnover, shareholder activism, as well as shifts in the macro, regulatory, and political environment. The team’s research and analyses have aided corporates with gaining a firmer grasp of market expectations, enhancing the Company narrative, engaging more effectively with key stakeholders, and making well-informed strategic decisions. The team’s research has been featured in publications by IR Magazine, IR Society (UK), NIRI, and CNBC.
Previously, at Thomson Reuters, Foli served in a senior strategic role focused on enhancing the IR Advisory customer experience through process reengineering, employee recruitment and training, knowledge share, and cross-regional collaboration. Prior to that, Foli oversaw a team of capital markets analysts providing institutional ownership intelligence and industry insights to companies within the healthcare universe.
Foli currently serves as Co-Chair of Professional Development for Nasdaq's GLOBE employee network. Foli is a firm believer in the power of mentorship, and has served in this capacity for high school students, college students, and early career and tenured professionals in partnership with a number of organizations. She also sits on the governance and environment committees of Charlotte-based non-profit organizations Young Black Leadership Alliance (YBLA) and Women's Impact Fund (WIF), respectively.
Foli holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Boston University with a minor in Business Administration. After living in New York City for over a decade, Foli relocated to North Carolina with her husband and two children.