George Corbin

About George Corbin

George brings 30 years of Board and executive experience helping companies navigate disruption, transformation, new ventures, and value creation. He has served as a public company board director and as Chief Digital Officer for some of the world’s most iconic brands through some of their most challenging transitions. His experience spans mature global Fortune 100s, large private companies, and high-growth startups. As a, George has governed organizations facing rapid industry change, operational stress, and strategic inflection points.> His oversight includes turnarounds, strategic pivots, M&A, CEO & board succession, technology transformation, and cyber & AI risk.> He has served on Audit, Human Capital & Compensation, Nominating & Governance, Finance, and Digital / Cyber Committees.> The US National Association of Corporate Directors named him to the Directorship 100™ for his governance leadership.> George currently serves on the board of public company Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC), and he advises multiple Boards, founders, and CEOs on innovation, transformation, leading internal change, and AI. As a in the travel, consumer goods, technology, food, pet care, and hospitality sectors, George has led through conditions ranging from startup, hypergrowth, merger integrations, maturation, and operating model reinvention. His ‘power alley’ is detecting early signals of consumer and industry shifts, then re-architecting customer experiences & business models with transformative technologies to deliver billions in new growth.> As Chief Digital Officer at Marriott International, George transformed a mature, analog business model into a digitally-powered global growth engine delivering $14 billion/yr (+58% CAGR), representing 32% of Marriott’s total revenue.>At consumer giant Mars Inc, he built the company’s global Digital Center, overseeing $4.3 billion in revenue, and driving up to 30% growth in priority markets.>George has been a part of three startups. Most recently, he was COO of a Silicon Valley AI-based tech startup, where he scaled the business from $0 to $30m in transactions, and secured >$100m in new contracts within 19 months. As a Venture Partner at NextGen Ventures, George vets promising new technology players to find the ‘next big thing,’ and he actively mentors founders of AI & new digital platforms.Today, he works with Boards and CEOs to build leaders who can forge new paths to growth & value creation at moments of critical change.

Experience

1. Board Director

   Edgewell Personal Care

   Oct 2018 — Present · CT, US

   Board Director for this US$2.1 billion public consumer products company. Served on Audit, Finance / M&A, NomGov, and Human Capital & Compensation Committees, and Cyber Security Task Force. Edgewell’s brands include Schick®, Wilkinson Sword®, Billie®, Edge®, and Skintimate® shaving systems; Hawaiian Tropic®, Banana Boat®, and other sun, skin, and personal care products. Edgewell operates in 50 markets worldwide.

Education

• Harvard Business School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Geology

• Stanford University

  Cyber Security and Executive Strategy (Executive Ed.)

  2023

• Stanford Law School

  Enterprise AI Governance (Executive Ed.)

  2025