Alexandra (Alex) Reed Lajoux, Ph.D., M.B.A., is the founding principal of Capital Expert Services, a global expert witness community affiliated with Blue Ocean Global Technology, and serves as an advisor to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Recently named to the NACD Directorship 100, she is regarded as a trusted source of insights and introductions in the field of corporate governance, M&A, and the professional disciplines that underlie these domains. She has authored books on M&A, equity valuation, and municipal finance, and contributed to books on human capital, generational economics, insurance fintech, intellectual property, and business as a complex adaptive system.