Eve Howard is a proven senior leader and corporate board member with more than 30 years of experience in global financial markets, corporate governance, strategic transactions, risk management, and disclosure. In addition to her deep experience serving as a trusted advisor to public company boards and executive management teams, Eve is currently on the board of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCOI), where she serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She also has substantial leadership experience on non-profit boards.

Eve served as the Global Head of the Capital Markets practice at Hogan Lovells LLP, one of the world’s largest law firms, from 2020-2023. Prior to leading the Capital Markets practice, Eve served as Regional Managing Partner on her firm’s 13- member International Management Committee, which Committee has responsibility for the strategic vision, management and financial results of the firm as a whole. In her various senior leadership roles, Eve has worked closely with teams throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia in order to help expand the business, profit and revenues of the global firm and to set policies, manage risk and streamline operations.

Eve is a recognized expert in the fields of corporate governance and debt capital markets. Eve routinely provides advice to senior management teams and boards on corporate governance matters and SEC disclosure, and is a trusted advisor to executive management and boards of directors in structuring and negotiating sophisticated financing and strategic transactions. She has represented top-tier issuers and leading investment banking firms in the issuance of investment grade, high yield, and convertible debt offerings, including ESG financings, across a wide spectrum of industries in both public offerings and private placement transactions. Her industry experience is broad and includes emphasis in the areas of health care, real estate (and REITs), technology, media, aerospace and defense, life sciences, hospitality, and retail. For her work in the capital markets industry in 2020, Eve was one of six lawyers recognized nationally for the prestigious Law360 MVP award.

Eve currently serves on the Board of, and is a volunteer tutor for, Reading Partners DC, a nonprofit aimed at building literacy skills in qualifying Washington, D.C. public elementary schools. She also serves on the Board of DirectWomen, a nonprofit organization that works to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. Eve previously served as Chair of the Board of Lowell School and Vice-Chair of the Board of the Edmund Burke School, both independent schools in D.C.

Eve has in-depth expertise on issues impacting inclusion in the workplace. She was recently appointed as Global Head of Inclusion for the Corporate and Finance practice of Hogan Lovells and sits on the senior leadership team of that practice. As a founding member of her firm’s formal inclusion programs, Eve has led firm-wide initiatives, including a sponsorship program and the creation of innovative agile working policies. Eve has been recognized by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance for her work in this area and serves on their Advisory Board.

Eve is a graduate of Duke Law School, where she currently serves on the Board of Visitors, and Dartmouth College, and a member of the DirectWomen Board Institute Class of 2020-2021.