Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Cooper spent three years with Korn Ferry where she served as Senior Principal. During her time at Korn Ferry, Ms. Cooper led projects across the reward spectrum, advising clients from Board level through to operational HR on topics such as short- and long-term incentive design, executive reward, job architecture, grading structures, and performance management. Notable assignments included developing a new remuneration structure for a manufacturing organization in the Gulf Cooperation Council, harmonizing reward arrangements post-merger for an international renewables enterprise, and designing a new performance management and incentive structure for a global industrial organization. 

In addition to her consulting work, Ms. Cooper worked for seven years in generalist HR roles at L’Oréal and spent eight years as Head of Compensation and Benefits for a multinational corporation in the nuclear sector.

Ms. Cooper earned a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from the University of Cambridge.