Mr. French retired as a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company in December 2019, and currently is Senior Partner Emeritus. Over the course of his 33-year career in consulting, he served leading technology-driven industrial companies on issues of strategy, marketing, governance, and organization design. He led the firm’s Global Marketing and Sales Practice for five years, the Americas Practice for seven years, and served on multiple firm governance committees. He is a trustee of several non-profit organizations.

Mr. French brings four decades of management consulting experience to the Corning Board of Directors where he serves on the Audit Committee as well as the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee. In particular, he brings deep familiarity with how global, technology-driven companies approach strategic planning, digital transformation, customer engagement, organization design, innovation, and matters of governance. He is also deeply versed in the dynamics of Corning’s end markets, including telecommunications, display glass, advanced materials, and consumer electronics. In his role leading McKinsey’s Marketing and Sales Practice, he gained unique insight into how innovation-driven industrial companies commercialize new technologies and build businesses.