Ms. Lane retired in 2002 as managing director and group leader of the global Retailing Investment Banking Group of Merrill Lynch & Co., an investment banking firm. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1997, she was a managing director at Salomon Brothers, which she joined in 1989 and where she founded and led the retail industry investment banking unit. She serves as NextEra Energy's Lead Director and chairs the Governance & Nominating Committee, and she serves on the public company boards of FedEx Corp. (since 2022) and The TJX Companies, Inc. (since 2005).