Obi is an independent director of Springer Nature, a global academic and educational publisher, and of Marathon Health, a provider of primary care clinics for employers. She is an advisor at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust’s Best For You youth mental health initiative. She was previously an independent director of Picasso Labs (now Creative X), a venture-backed creative analytics startup, and of BfBLabs, a digital therapeutics startup. She was a trustee of Shift, a social innovation charity, a strategic advisory board member for mental health at the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest funders of scientific research, and a founding board member of the Healthy Brains Global Initiative, a pioneering effort to fund more brain and mental health research.
Areas of expertise
Technology, from early stage innovation to scaling
Digital transformation
International business operations, in particular US and Europe
Strategy
Product development
Marketing and communications
Business development
Talent recruitment, development, compensation
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Sustainability, ethics, privacy / ESG
Industry experience
Technology, including internet, mobile, AI/ML and robotics
Consumer-facing industries, including retail and consumer internet
Regulated industries, including health care (in particular mental health) and medical devices, transportation (autonomous cars, drones), financial services
Green energy
Media, publishing, advertising
Obi’s board roles at a glance
| Springer Nature | PE-backed, pre-IPO | Germany | Fiduciary board | Since 2018 |
| Marathon Health | VC-backed, pre-IPO | US | Fiduciary board | Since 2021 |
| Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust | Non-profit | UK | Advisory board | Since 2021 |
| Picasso Labs (now Creative X) | Startup | US/UK | Fiduciary board | 2015-2019 |
| BfB Labs | Startup | UK | Fiduciary board | 2015-2021 |
| Wellcome Trust | Non-profit | UK | Advisory board | 2020-2021 |
| Shift | Non-profit | UK | Fiduciary board | 2014-2021 |
| HGBI | Non-profit | US | Advisory board | 2020-2021 |
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.“
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Obi Felten 