Meghan Anzelc, PhD

Meghan Anzelc, PhD, is an experienced executive in driving positive business impact through the use of data, artificial intelligence, and technology. Previously Global Head of Data & Analytics at Spencer Stuart and Chief Analytics Officer at AXIS Capital, Anzelc is skilled at determining how existing and emerging technologies can be applied to business problems and providing jargon-free guidance to senior executives on technology and digital strategy and decision trade-offs.

After receiving her PhD in experimental high-energy particle physics from Northwestern University, Anzelc went on to a decade-long career in the property/casualty insurance industry and was then recruited into Spencer Stuart, a >$1B leading executive search and leadership advisory firm, to build their data and analytics function from scratch.

Anzelc's global experience in data and AI have made her uniquely qualified to shape strategy at businesses adapting to new and emerging AI capabilities ethically while managing risk appropriately. She has given voice to the capture and understanding of data and helped organizations unlock value from their data assets. Her skills in determining how existing and emerging technologies can be applied to business problems and her M&A strategy and due diligence experience have been an asset to companies experiencing transition and disruption. Her leadership has positively impacted multi-billion dollar books of business driving top and bottom line improvements at organizations from $1B to $25B and she serves as a strategic advisor to C-suite executives and boards of directors on AI, data, and digital transformation across strategy and operations.

Anzelc was awarded Diligent's 2023 Compliance and Ethics Leader of the Modern Governance 100 and Outstanding Mentor by RevTech Labs in 2023. She serves on the Advisory Board of Athena Alliance, is an Advisor to FinTech startups through RevTech Labs and previously served on the board and as chair of the Nom/Gov Committee of the Chicago Literacy Alliance.

As a graduate student, Anzelc was chair of the American Physical Society's Forum on Graduate Student Affairs and served as the student representative to the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. She has been involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives since and was a recipient of the 2011 NALC Above-and-Beyond award for Travelers' Women in Actuarial and Analytics organization, which she co-founded and co-chaired. In 2022, Anzelc served as an Advisory Board member to the American Physical Society's Advancing Graduate Leadership initiative. She holds a master’s and PhD in physics and astronomy from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in physics from Loyola University Chicago.