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Cynthia Hardy

Founder & Managing Principal

Enterprise leadership shaped by operating responsibility.

Cynthia Hardy founded Pivot Global Partners to help leaders and organizations navigate consequential change, strengthen capability, and turn important priorities into action.

Her career spans enterprise leadership, profit-and-loss responsibility, organizational transformation, law, governance, leadership development, and international business. Before founding Pivot, Cynthia led and repositioned multibillion-dollar businesses for publicly traded insurance companies in the United States and internationally.

Her executive roles include Global Head of Agency for AIG, President of Encompass Insurance, President of Hanover Insurance's Personal Lines Division, and profit-and-loss roles at The Hartford and Progressive Insurance. She began her career as an attorney at Jones, Day and corporate environments.

Cynthia created Crossing Meridians® and led the development of The Pivot Global Partners Meridian: An Enterprise Excellence System™. She advises chief executives, boards, leadership groups, and organizations on leadership, strategy, transformation, organizational capability, governance, innovation, and change.

Cynthia has served on private company and nonprofit boards, typically leading governance. She also advises high growth tech companies and is a frequent speaker.

Cynthia is the author of Crossing Meridians: Engineering Disruption to Become a More Effective Leader. Having lived on three continents and worked across dozens of countries, she brings a global perspective to leadership and organizational challenges.

Education and professional foundation

Bachelor's degree in economics, summa cum laude, Xavier University of Louisiana

Juris Doctor, University of Notre Dame School of Law

Areas of focus

CEO and senior-leader advisory

Enterprise and business transformation

Leadership development

Governance and board engagement