Director
Advisory Services
Building boardrooms across the globe
through governance, composition and talent.
December 2024
What is J.P. Morgan Director
Advisory Services (DAS)?
| Established in 2016 by Jamie Dimon as a “matchmaking service” for directors and boards, DAS has evolved into both a trusted advisor and sought-after center of excellence, offering director convening, governance content and advisory services.
To date, DAS has worked with
over 1,600 corporate clients
with director referrals
We created Director Advisory Services not just for the purpose of enhancing relationships with our clients; but helping shape the future of corporate governance itself.
Director Advisory Services
About Our Network
~8,000 individuals
In our candidate network
~5,000 individuals
Actively looking for a board
81% of placements
Are female or diverse male
CEOs/CFOs
Active or Retired
Aspiring Directors
looking for their first board
Diverse
(Female, POC or LGBTQ+)
Taking place in North America and Europe, these annual events convene
| ~200 corporate directors
for networking, case studies and content from notable governance experts, business leaders and economists, to explore some of the most challenging issues facing businesses today.
Bringing together
| ~20-40 corporate directors
to network and share best practices, these dinners are hosted by either a member of our Operating Committee or a Director of JPMorgan Chase in varying regional markets, as well as select international cities.
Dinners have been held in:
Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Charleston, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., Naples and Paris, Toronto and London.
In 2020,
| DAS launched a monthly distribution
of some of JPMC’s best and most timely proprietary content.
If you would like to be added to the distribution list, please contact our team
DAS Demographics
Candidates actively looking in our network
01 | Industries
¹ Other includes Consulting, Law, Government, Education
02 | Roles
03 | Public Boards
Searches
01 | Company Tiers
02 | Industry Coverage
Current Trends
in the Boardroom
Candidate Criteria "In Demand"
State of Governance
Meet Our Leaders
| Rebecca Thornton
Managing Director | Head of Director Advisory Services
A seasoned and respected governance expert, Rebecca has spent nearly 25 years advising CEOs, boards of directors and aspiring directors on best practices for director recruitment, board design/composition, shareholder engagement, as well as CEO search and CEO succession planning. Over the course of her career, Rebecca has advised over 2,000 companies across a wide range of industries and special situations, including IPOs, spins, activism defense and companies exiting bankruptcy. She has also worked with private equity firms, families and founders looking to evolve their
governance models.
Rebecca currently serves as Head of Director Advisory Services (“DAS”) at J.P. Morgan, based in New York. DAS was formed in 2016 as a center of excellence to advise and support corporate clients with their evolving board needs. Under her leadership, DAS has grown into a highly valued and differentiated platform that, to date, has worked with more than 1,600 public and private companies of various sizes, situations and geographies. In parallel, the group has assembled an impressive cross-section of board-ready talent, each of whom is referred by a J.P. Morgan banker and/or a director in the network. The group also regularly engages this community through a series of curated virtual and in-person events, as well as through its bi-weekly newsletter, which highlights thought-leadership relevant to the director community.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2018, Rebecca was a senior member of Spencer Stuart’s Board of Director’s Practice, and earlier spent 10 years in the Board & CEO practice of Heidrick & Struggles where, over the course of her tenure, she supported two Vice Chairmen and Heads of the Practice. She began her career in the Chairman’s Office of Heidrick & Struggles where she conducted candidate and company research in support of Fortune 500 CEO and Board projects.
A recipient of the National Association of Corporate Directors’ “Directorship 100”, which celebrates and recognizes the most influential directors and leaders in the corporate governance community, Rebecca is a noted and followed voice on governance trends and topics. A sought after public speaker for both J.P. Morgan and external conferences and events. She has appeared across varied media platforms such as The New York Times, Bloomberg, Clubhouse and LinkedIn and as a guest on podcasts from Apple and Spotify. She also recently hosted multiple episodes of J.P. Morgan’s “Making Sense ” podcast series.
Rebecca holds a B.A. with honors, from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. In addition to volunteering for several local charities and institutions, she serves as a Trustee of New Canaan Country School (CT) where she is Co Chair of the Governance Committee.
Rebecca is married and the proud mother to two young children.
| Jessica Mcintosh
Executive Director | Director Advisory Services
A tenured and trusted advisor, Jessica McIntosh has spent over 20 years at J.P. Morgan building relationships with high profile stakeholders. She began her career in recruiting and staffing roles before joining J.P. Morgan where she has held a series of strategic business development, client service and chief of staff roles including in the Office of the Vice Chairman.
Jessica currently serves as Executive Director of Director Advisory Services, a corporate networking function formed in 2016 to support JPMC clients related to board matters. She has played an instrumental role designing the talent, technology and marketing strategi es of the function, helping grow from concept to a fully formed platform which has advised and supported over 1,600 companies while developing a rob ust and diverse candidate network of ~7,000 people.
Jessica serves on the board of the Jimmy Lee Scholars Fund Archdiocese of New York, an endowment established in honor of the late Jimmy Lee, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Through the Inner City Scholarship Fund, the organization works to help cover tuition for eligible low income students to attend Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of New York.
Jessica graduated with a B.A. from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. She and her husband Tim reside in Charleston and are proud parents to five children and a Goldendoodle , Teddy Roosevelt.
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| Disclaimer
J.P. Morgan’s Director Advisory Services Group acts, among other things, as a liaison between J.P. Morgan clients seeking potential candidates for nomination to their senior management teams and individuals who are seeking such roles. J.P. Morgan does not seek or receive compensation for this role and makes no representation as to the suitability of any potential management candidate for any particular company’s senior management tea m. J.P. Morgan is not acting as an executive search firm, has performed no background checks, and has not evaluated any potential legal or regulatory issues which could arise out of a candidate’s being selected for any particular company’s senior management team. Each company to whom J.P. Morgan provides can did ate names is responsible for performing its own independent evaluation and due diligence, without reliance on J.P. Morgan, and J.P. Morgan assumes no liability or responsibility to any company with respect to its decisions on proposed nominations and/or additions to its senior management team.
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