Biography

Ms. Debra Walton-Ruskin was elected as one of our directors and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and our Audit Committee in 2024. She was also elected to serve on our Audit Committee in June 2024. She has spent her career in Global Fintech and had held senior executive positions across product, content, sales, marketing, and data operations. In her last corporate role, she was the Chief Revenue Officer for the London Stock Exchange Group from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that, she was a member of the senior executive team at Refinitiv from 2018 to 2021 that lead its successful sale to Blackstone and its subsequent sale to LSEG. Prior to its sale, Debra held numerous C-suite roles at Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv from 2008 to 2018 including Global Head of Market Development, Chief Data Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Revenue Officer. From 2016 – 2021, as an executive at Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv, and later LSEG, Debra was a director on the board of TradeWeb Markets, a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets. Also, during her time at Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv, she served on the boards of its regulated entities including the foreign exchange brokerage and index business. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv Debra was a partner at Cantor Fitzgerald where she was instrumental in the development of new brokerage business and services including the launch of the Cantor Financial Futures Exchange on whose Board of Directors she served. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chef’s Warehouse, Inc., a public company.

Ms. Walton-Ruskin speaks globally on diversity and leadership and the importance of ESG more broadly, and currently serves on the board of Springboard Enterprises, a nonprofit that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to help women take their business plans to market.