Sigal Zarmi is on the boards of ADT, GoDaddy and Global Atlantic, where her efforts are focused on one of the challenges defining companies today: how to manage risk in a world molded by technology. A Qualified Risk Director, she helps boards think clearly about enterprise risk, cyber threats, digitization and the increasing impact of AI on business performance and resilience.
Her perspective is informed by over 35 years of experience at the forefront of leading large-scale digital transformation, technology operations and strategy within complex organizations. Alongside her board roles, she is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, working closely with senior executives on AI, cyber and disruptive technologies. With prior board experience at Hashicorp, DataRobot and Alfresco, Zarmi has established a reputation of helping organizations navigate change while remaining disciplined, resilient and future-ready.
Governance Contribution and Boardroom Impact
Sigal Zarmi’s impact in the boardroom comes from helping companies deal with the real risks created by technology. Across her positions on the boards of ADT, GoDaddy and Global Atlantic, and in the audit, risk, technology and operations committees, she focuses on how digital systems, cyber exposure, and AI impact business stability, decision making and long-term performance. As a Qualified Risk Director, she brings a structured view of enterprise risk to the table, connecting technology risk with financial and operational outcomes.
Her view is based on execution and not theory. After more than 35 years of leadership roles in digital transformation and technology operations, and advising senior leaders at Boston Consulting Group, she knows where transformation efforts succeed, where they fail, and what boards need to ask.
She works closely with CEOs, CFOs and CIOs on cyber, AI and digital change, taking those real-world lessons into the boardroom.
Her approach is practical and consistent:
- Technology is at the heart of strategy, not just infrastructure.
- Cyber and AI risks need to be directly overseen by the board.
- Digital transformation has to be balanced with operational and risk discipline and growth.
- Strong teams and culture are what cause transformation to actually work.
What She Brings to the Boardroom
Sigal Zarmi has a grounded and practical approach that comes from years of working where technology, risk and business performance intersect. She helps boards understand how digital systems, cyber exposure and AI are not merely technical issues, but fundamental prioritization of strategy and operations.
Enterprise risk and cyber governance
As a Qualified Risk Director on audit and risk committees, Zarmi is a cyber and technology risk expert working to make it a major component of enterprise stability. She assists boards in asking the right questions about resilience, data security, and operational exposure within a digital environment.
Digital and AI transformation
With over 35 years of leading large-scale transformation and her advisory role at Boston Consulting Group, she has real experience in leading organizations through complex digital and AI-driven change, from strategy through to execution.
Technology and operational leadership
Her background in technology operations and strategic planning enables her to see connections between technology investments and efficiency, growth, and measurable business outcomes, rather than treating them as isolated initiatives.
Governance and board leadership
Across public and private company boards, and through work as a part of audit, risk, technology and investment committees, Zarmi promotes board governance in which risk, technology, and strategy are fully integrated and help organizations stay resilient and future-ready.
Background
Sigal Zarmi has 35+ years of experience in digital transformation and technology leadership. She is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and has served in a variety of executive and board leadership positions.
Her contributions to technology and transformation were honored with her induction into the CIO Hall of Fame (2021). Zalmi has an MBA in business from Columbia University and a BS in Information Management Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.Connect with Sigal Zarmi on LinkedIn HERE.
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