Diverse, always evolving, and technologically aware. These are the three nonnegotiable traits of top-performing, future-ready directors, according to François Locoh-Donou, CEO of F5, which topped this year’s Modern Board 25 ranking.
The Seattle-based cybersecurity firm may be unfamiliar to many consumers, but its software runs in the background of everyday banking, shopping, and online booking apps, says Locoh-Donou, a director of the $8 billion company. The CEO shares credit with F5’s other directors for the company’s recent reinvention as a digital rather than hardware player. His fellow board members, he says, are a diverse and highly trusted group who have advised him through major investment decisions and game-changing acquisitions.
