Yen Chu has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of TBI since December 2022. Since 2020, Ms. Chu has served on the board of directors of DirectWomen, a national nonprofit with a mission to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards. She also currently serves on the board of directors of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Prior to joining TBI in December 2022, she most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer of Equinox Group, LLC from June 2017 to December 2022, overseeing legal, environmental, social and governance and government affairs for the portfolio of brands, including Equinox Fitness, Equinox Hotels, SoulCycle, Blink Fitness and Pure Yoga. Ms. Chu was formerly with Ralph Lauren Corporation, where she held numerous leadership roles, including Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, where she was the primary advisor to the Ralph Lauren Board of Directors on corporate governance and global regulatory compliance. Ms. Chu also worked as an attorney at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she executed complex corporate transactions for private equity firms, investment banks and public and private companies in various sectors and nonprofit organizations. Ms. Chu holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Minnesota.
