LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc. appointed M. Borgia Walker to its Board of Directors effective November 1.
Ms. Walker brings global leadership experience spanning transformation, human resources, finance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and audit across the consumer goods and financial services industries. She currently serves as Chief People Officer at Reynolds American Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco plc, where she leads the company’s overall human resources strategy, talent acquisition, leadership development, organizational design, and cultural development. As Vice President of Strategic Projects from 2017 to 2023, she led a multi-year transformation initiative through automation, digitization, and organizational design improvements.
Walker’s finance and audit background includes implementing enterprise risk-management strategies, leading internal audit teams across all business functions, and managing major reorganizations, regulatory compliance programs, and FDA audit implementation.
Walker has served as the Board Chair of Allegacy Federal Credit Union (a $2.2 billion financial institution), and as a director on the boards of the YWCA, Winston-Salem Symphony, and Horizons Residential Care Center. She was recognized as an Outstanding Woman in Business by the Triad Business Journal in 2022 and received the YWCA Women of Vision award in 2018.
Walker holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Louisville and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Webster University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed in Kentucky since 2002.
Walker’s appointment brings the total number of Directors to six, replacing Jonathan Atwood, who retired.
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