Laila is an experienced CEO and board director. She served as deputy CEO and COO of Aricent and was instrumental in its $2 billion sale to Altran Technologies to create the largest digital design and engineering company in the world. She then served as CEO of Altran Americas. She is a senior advisor to EQT and Blackstone and a board director of the NYSE-listed investment bank, Moelis and Company.  

Laila has an MBA from Harvard Business School and recently served as an HBS Executive Fellow. She has also served as a David Rockefeller Fellow for the Partnership for New York City and has been named one of the world’s most influential business leaders by the Wall Street Journal.