STEPHEN W. BEARD - Corporate Board Profile

Adtalem Global Education Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2021-10-08	Stephen W. Beard, Chief Executive Officer President and CEO, Adtalem Global Education Age: 50 Director since: 2021 Career Highlights Mr. Beard was appointed Adtalem27s President and CEO and a director on our Board in September 2021. Previously, Mr. Beard served as Adtalem27s Chief Operating Officer (COO), responsible for the vision, leadership, and financial performance of Adtalem27s Financial Services vertical. In addition, Mr. Beard led the company27s strategy, corporate development, government and regulatory affairs, investor relations, communications and civic engagement activities and mobilized a variety of operational and corporate initiatives to accelerate Adtalem27s global performance. Prior to taking on the responsibility of COO in 2019 and responsibility for the Financial Services vertical in 2020, Mr. Beard served as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary in 2018. Prior to Adtalem, Mr. Beard was executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSII), where he directed global legal operations for the company and oversaw a variety of enterprise-level functions including strategy and corporate development. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Mr. Beard was in private practice with Schiff Hardin, LLP in Chicago, where he was a member of the firm27s corporate and securities group, advising public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance matters. Mr. Beard began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank Sullivan, Jr. (ret.), associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Mr. Beard has been active in a variety of community and civic matters and currently serves on the board of the venture philanthropy fund, A Better Chicago. Mr. Beard received his bachelor27s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his juris doctor degree from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University. Relevant Experience Mr. Beard27s experience as a senior executive and his prior service as Adtalem27s COO and General Counsel give him deep knowledge of Adtalem27s operations and strategy. Mr. Beard27s experience in refining Adtalem27s portfolio strategy, executing the DeVry University, Carrington College and Adtalem Brazil divestitures, and spearheading the acquisition of Walden University-coupled with his success in leading the Financial Services segment-have played an integral role in positioning Adtalem for long-term growth.
2022-10-14	Stephen W. Beard, President and CEO, Adtalem Global Education Inc., Age: 51, Director since: 2021
2023-10-06	Mr. Beard was appointed Adtalem’s President and CEO and a director on our Board in September 2021. Previously, Mr. Beard served as Adtalem’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), responsible for the vision, leadership, and financial performance of Adtalem’s former Financial Services vertical. In addition, Mr. Beard led the company’s strategy, corporate development, government and regulatory affairs, investor relations, communications and civic engagement activities and mobilized a variety of operational and corporate initiatives to accelerate Adtalem’s global performance. Mr. Beard’s experience as our CEO and his prior service as Adtalem’s COO and General Counsel give him deep knowledge of Adtalem’s operations and strategy.
2024-10-17	Stephen W. Beard, Chief Executive Officer, President and CEO, Adtalem Global Education Inc., Age: 53, Director since: 2021. Mr. Beard was appointed Adtalem’s President and CEO and a director on our Board in September 2021.