Biography
Gil Marmol
Audit Committee Chair
Foot Locker
Current public company boards: Foot Locker
Prior public company boards: Vitamin Shoppe, Information Services Group
Executive Experience: Working in conjunction with leading private equity firms, Gil invests and advises early stage technology companies through his own firm Marmol & Associates. In his role as investor and advisor he serves on the boards of private companies including Morea Global Corporation, a Houston based provider of technology enabled legal services, and Synerzip, a Dallas based provider of application development services. Gil served as a member of the executive committee that led the successful turnaround of EDS.
Prior to EDS, Gil served as CEO of Luminant, an Internet professional services company that he took public in 1998. He also was Chair of the Operating Committee of Perot Systems Corporation through a period of three-fold growth that included the integration of what, at the time, was the largest outsourcing contract in industry history. Gil served as a director (senior partner) of McKinsey & Company. During his 18-year career with McKinsey, he assisted several high-performance organizations in the formulation and execution of growth strategies, which resulted in far above peer group performance. His work in organizational design has been recognized in a variety of publications including the Wall Street Journal.
Additional information: Gil has a BA in Engineering and Applied Physics Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College, and an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School. In additional to his numerous professional responsibilities, he serves on the board of directors of the Center for a Free Cuba in Washington, DC.