Ty Francis MBE

Chief Advisory Officer at the LRN Corporation. Former Executive Vice President at the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust, and business success. Former VP at the New York Stock Exchange. Proven business leader, with two decades of P/L experience and results. who has created numerous SaaS E&C solutions. Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP). 

 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business by Solent University in England for his outstanding contribution to the field of corporate governance, gender diversity, and international trade.  He now sits on Solent University's Business & Law School Advisory Board.

Ty speaks around the work on topics including Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance. Published and quoted in Forbes, Pharma Times, Corporate Compliance Insights, Harvard Business Review and media around the world.

Former host for "Inside America's Boardrooms" at the NASDAQ Marketsite,  a web show for boards of directors of public companies,  tackling board and governance challenges and improving their effectiveness and efforts to grow their corporations, enhance bottom line performance, and build positive shareholder relations. 

More of Ty's speaking, writing, and philanthropy efforts can be found here: Thought Leadership; Philanthropy.

Appointed as a Business & Trade Advocate to the United States by Lord Carwyn Jones, Former First Minister of Wales in 2014. In an Ambassadorial role, Ty helped promote US-Wales foreign direct investment in coordination with the Welsh Government’s offices at the British Embassy in Washington DC, as well as the British Consulates in North America.   

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, appointed Ty as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), in the 2017 Birthday Honours List. This honour was in recognition of services to promoting business in Wales.