Sharda Cherwoo, Independent Director at Carlyle Group Inc.. Biography, career history and compensation sourced from SEC proxy filings.
About
Sharda Cherwoo joined Carlyle's Board of Directors effective June 1, 2023 and is a member of the Audit Committee. She spent her entire, nearly 40-year career at Ernst & Young, with a specialized industry focus on private equity, financial services, health care, and emerging disruptive technologies.
Most recently she served as EY's Americas Intelligent Automation Leader and Partner, founding the firm's intelligent automation strategy focused on robotic process automation and artificial intelligence, and built a billion-dollar digital transformation business. She was also a Senior Advisory Partner in EY's Private Equity practice from 2009, served financial services clients as a Global Client Service Partner and Global Tax Account Leader from 1991, and from 2001 to 2004 was founding CEO of EY's Global Shared Services operations in Bangalore, India. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.Sc. in Accounting from Sacred Heart University.
Roles
Carlyle Group Inc.
Independent Director · Current role
2023-06-01–present
Ernst & Young
Americas Intelligent Automation Leader and Partner · Founded EY's intelligent automation strategy focused on RPA and AI; built a billion-dollar digital transformation business.
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Ernst & Young
Senior Advisory Partner, Private Equity practice group · From 2009.
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Ernst & Young
Global Client Service Partner and Global Tax Account Leader · Served financial services clients from 1991.
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Ernst & Young (Global Shared Services, Bangalore, India)
Founding Chief Executive Officer · EY's first global offshoring center for client-facing operations.
2001–2004
Ernst & Young LLP
Senior Advisory Partner, Private Equity practice · Spent her entire ~40-year career at EY; built a market-leading digital transformation business.