Jeffery S. Perry is founder and CEO of Lead Mandates LLC, providing business and leadership advisory services to help organizations achieve their strategic and operational goals in the face of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty. Prior to this role, he worked at EY for more than 15 years as global client service partner and Americas Operational Transaction Services practice leader, as well as at A.T. Kearney Inc. serving as vice president. Perry also held management consulting roles at CSC Index Inc., Booz & Co., and BP America Inc. earlier in his career.

He currently serves on the boards of Chicago Children’s Museum (chairman and member, Executive, Development, and Community Connections Committees), Babson College (chairman, Academic Excellence Committee, and member, Executive, Conflicts, and Advancement Committees), and Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (member, Governance Committee). He previously served as chairman of the National Board of Directors at Inroads Inc.

Throughout Perry’s career, his thought leadership has appeared in several notable publications, including Financial Times, BusinessWeek, CFO Magazine, Financier Worldwide, The Deal, Chicago Tribune, and numerous EY publications and live webcasts. He has also received several prestigious awards, including the Babson Black Affinity Network Alumni Achievement Award (2018), EY Americas Inclusive Leadership Award (2016), Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America (2012), and Chicago United Business Leader of Color (2011).

Perry earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Marketing/Quantitative Methods, with high distinction, from Babson College. He also studies advanced intermediate French at l’Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris.