Melissa Bethell is a non-executive director of Diageo plc, Tesco plc, Exor NV, and Brillio Technologies.     

Ms. Bethell is also a Senior Advisor at Atairos, an investment fund backed by Comcast NBCUniversal.  She previously held non-executive director positions at Samsonite, Worldpay and Atento. 

Ms. Bethell was previously a Managing Director at Bain Capital for over 18 years and member of the senior leadership team responsible for strategy setting, fundraising and portfolio management. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Bethell worked in the Capital Markets group at Goldman Sachs & Co., with a focus on media and technology. 

Ms. Bethell has an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and received a BA with honours in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University.