Bio

Ms. Machida joined CD&R in 2024 in a newly created position to bring additional capability to support our investment teams' focus on talent across the investment life cycle. Ms. Machida has more than 25 years of experience in direct investing, management consulting and building businesses. Most recently, she was a Partner at PwC where she led the practice that advises private equity clients on their talent decisions. Prior to that, Ms. Machida was a Partner and Managing Director at IMB Partners, where she played a lead role in talent due diligence, post-close strategic planning and in partnering with management teams to execute value creation initiatives. Prior to IMB, she was the co-founder, Chief Business Officer and Board Chair at a start-up medical diagnostic technology company called Sevident. Ms. Machida was also a Principal at Booz & Co. (now PwC Strategy) and Katzenbach Partners. She started her career at Watson Wyatt (now Willis Towers Watson) as a human capital and compensation consultant. Ms. Machida has an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a B.A. from Yale University.