Les BrunFounder and CEO at Ariel AlternativesSpeaker
Profile
Les Brun is Chairman and CEO of Ariel Alternatives, LLC, which invests in mid-market, scalable businesses that are or will become Black and Latinx owned. He is also Senior Advisor to G100 and World 50, a private platform of peer-to-peer communities for senior most executives and directors from some of the world's largest companies. Les also founded and was Chairman Emeritus of Hamilton Lane. Les is currently Lead Director of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., where he was formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Corning, Inc. Most recently, Les served as Chairman of the Board of CDK Global, Inc., he was formerly Lead Director of Merck & Co., Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors of ADP, Inc., and Chair of the Compensation Committee of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Les has over 42 years of investment and commercial banking and financial advisory experience.