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Ann Hiatt

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Chair at Board Intelligence
📍 Spain

Ann Hiatt is a leadership strategist and Chair at Board Intelligence, drawing on 15 years of experience as the executive business partner to Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt of Google. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues describe her as a "catalyst for action" and "highly informed. "

Outside of her consulting work, Ann is a published author, a weekly contributor to Harvard Business Review, and an international keynote speaker. She is passionate about travel, having visited 39 countries, and enjoys being in nature. Her work is motivated by a desire to democratize success and empower underrepresented voices.

Unique Fact: Ann had executive roles reporting directly to two of modern technologys most iconic CEOs, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, consecutively.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Chair
Job Level
Junior
Location
Spain
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CEO Leadership
Consults scaling CEOs and Fortune 100 leaders on C-suite optimization, applying lessons learned directly from her time at Amazon and Google.
Board Effectiveness
As Chair of Board Intelligence, she focuses on helping boards become more decisive, anticipatory, and strategically aligned to drive progress.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Chair
Board Intelligence
9-2018
Leadership Strategist
Hipergiant Consulting
8-2006 - 9-2018
Chief of Staff to CEO/Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt
Google
11-2002 - 8-2005
Executive Business Partner to CEO, Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com
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Education
2005 - 2006
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of California, Berkeley
1996 - 2002
Bachelors
University of Washington
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