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AboutAbigail assumed her role leading Global Corporate Responsibility in April 2017, adding to her responsibilities overseeing Shared Marketing functions for North America, which she has led since 2014. Abigail is currently driving to expand Experian’s corporate responsibility efforts and investment. She oversees the global social responsibility and social innovation program which positively impact business performance and employee engagement.
AboutAlex Lintner is CEO of Experian Software Solutions, prior to which he was Group President for Consumer Information Services. Alex joined Experian in September 2015 as President for our Consumer Information Services business in North America.
AboutBrian Bond is the Senior Vice President of Experian’s Business Information Services (BIS), where he is responsible for leading the product, marketing, and strategy functions for the commercial bureau. BIS is committed to helping businesses succeed by providing data and predictive insight to organizations, helping them mitigate risk and improve profitability.
AboutChris leads the Middle Market Sales (MMS) Channel as the Vice President of Sales for both the Consumer (CIS) and Decision Analytics (DA) businesses. The MMS channel is Experian's largest sales channel (by number of accounts) with 14 thousand accounts. He has been with Experian for nearly 7 years.
AboutDavid Britton works within Experian’s Global Identity and Fraud group leading strategy and thought leadership for the global group. David has been an innovator in the digital identity and fraud space for more than 20 years. He brings a wealth of experience and unique insights into the criminal methodology behind cyber fraud, as well as an understanding of the evolving digital identity landscape, and the operational challenges that businesses face.
AboutFerdie was appointed as Experian Africa CEO in March 2020 and comes with extensive pan-African experience as an emerging markets executive in numerous C-Suite roles within the financial services sector.
AboutGerry Tschopp serves as Senior Vice President, Global Communications for Experian.
AboutGreg is responsible for the Global Identity and Fraud business in the Experian Software Solutions team. In this role, he is responsible for developing the product vision and roadmap, launching new innovative solutions to meet client’s current and emerging Identity and Fraud needs, developing the business strategy and partnership approach, developing our M&A strategy to expand into broader fraud market segments, driving our Fraud Analytics strategy, while collaborating with our regional Identity and Fraud businesses to drive growth.
AboutHiq Lee is a senior executive with over 20+ years of experience building and growing businesses and have a proven track record in general management, strategy, operations, product development, sales and strategic development.
Hiq is currently the President of Experian’s Business Information Services (BIS) business unit. Hiq is responsible for the business unit’s vision and strategic planning, accelerating growth objectives and delivering product innovation. BIS is committed to helping businesses succeed by providing data and predictive insights to organizations, helping them mitigate risk and improve profitability.
Since joining Experian in 2003, Hiq has held several progressive senior leadership positions, including Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Fraud & Identity business line, and President & General Manager for Experian Canada. She has also served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Indirect Channels.
AboutJacky Simmonds joined Experian in July 2020 as Chief People Officer. She is responsible for the Global HR Strategy across the Group including Board and executive remuneration, reward strategy, succession planning, talent management and organisational design. Jacky has deep experience across all aspects of HR, but with particular expertise in employee engagement, transformational change, employee relations and talent management. Prior to joining Experian she was Chief People Officer for VEON, a global connectivity and digital services provider listed on Nasdaq and Euronext. She has also held the role of Chief HR Officer for easyJet plc and TUI Travel Group. She has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Westminster and a Bachelor of Arts in Modern European Studies from the Nottingham Trent University.
Jacky is a non-executive director of Ferguson plc, where she chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nominations and Audit Committees.
AboutJames Jones is Experian’s Head of Consumer Affairs and leads the company’s public education programme, guiding people on subjects such as credit reporting, credit scoring and identity fraud. James frequently features on TV and radio and in the print and online media. He also represents Experian on several cross-industry forums and is a director of MALG, the Money Advice Liaison Group. James began his career at Experian in the late 1980s while still a student and then joined the company on a permanent basis in 1992 after graduating from the University of Cambridge.
AboutJennifer Schulz was appointed CEO Experian North America on 1 April 2022. Prior to that, she served as Group President for the North American Health, Automotive, Data Quality (EDQ) and Targeting businesses as well as EDQ globally. Jennifer joined Experian in November 2013 and serves as global lead for Women in Experian. Prior to joining Experian, Jennifer was Senior Vice President of global product strategy, innovations and eCommerce for Visa, Inc. Previous roles include managing Visa’s global consumer credit products, strategy for Visa’s processing business and leading the technology organization’s strategic planning function. Jennifer previously served on the Board of Directors for Leaf Group, a publicly traded media and e-commerce business until its successful sale in 2021. Jennifer has a Master’s in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts Journalism from the University of Wisconsin.
AboutJeremy Hancock is Director of Government Affairs where he analyzes legislative and regulatory proposals and works with policy makers on issues impacting the information services industry. Jeremy previously worked as an aide in the United State Senate. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida Southern College and an MBA from The George Washington University.
AboutJohn Gray is Experian’s president of Automotive, responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of the business, which is dedicated to helping manufacturers, dealers, finance, insurance and aftermarket companies better understand the market, the vehicles and the people who buy them.
Prior to his appointment as President, Gray served as Senior Vice President of Experian Automotive. In that role, he was responsible for leading and expanding the business’s North American sales and marketing organizations, developing new channels and delivering world-class service to its clients.
Before joining Experian in 2006, Gray was General Manager of Siebel’s Complex Manufacturing and Automotive vertical divisions, providing business software and services to the automotive, aerospace, and defense and industrial manufacturing industries. He also held management and business development positions of increasing responsibility with top information and telecommunications businesses, including APAC Customer Services, Automatic Data Processing Inc., AT&T Global Information Solutions and NCR Corporation.
Gray holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton in Ohio and a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
AboutJordan Takeyama serves as Public Relations Manager, Marketing Services for Experian
AboutJose Luiz Rossi joined Experian in May 2014 to lead Latin America, and in April 2020, was appointed Managing Director of the UK and Ireland region.
Jose initially developed his career as a consultant in the field of technology applied to business processes. In 1983, he created Result Systems, a consulting company that pioneered the development of information systems based on microcomputer networks. The company was sold to Price Waterhouse in 1986. In 1989, he became a partner at Price Waterhouse and in 2001, he became General Manager for PwC Consulting in South America. Jose moved to IBM in October 2002, with the acquisition of PwC Consulting, to be responsible for Global Business Services in Latin America. In October 2004, he became the VP and General Manager for GBS in Southwest Europe, an operation of 10 countries in 4 regions with over 10,000 employees based in Madrid. In January 2009, he joined CPM Braxis as their CEO where he was responsible for the selling of the company to Capgemini in 2010.
AboutJustin is the former Chief HR Officer for Experian North America, responsible for leading the HR function for the North America region. He joined Experian in January 2013, as HR Director for the UK & Ireland, and moved across to lead the North America HR function in the fall of 2015.
AboutKathleen Peters leads innovation and business strategy for Decision Analytics in North America in her current role as Chief Innovation Officer.
Kathleen Peters and her team are continuously looking for new ways to define product strategies, road maps and priorities for Experian’s identity and fraud portfolio, analyzing industry trends and the latest technologies to bring innovative solutions to our clients.
Kathleen joined Experian in 2013 to lead business development and international growth channels for the recently acquired 41st Parameter business in San Jose, California. She went on to lead product management for Experian’s fraud and identity group within the global Decision Analytics organization, launching Experian’s CrossCore® platform in 2016, a groundbreaking and award-winning offering for the fraud and identity market. The last two years, Kathleen has been named a “Top 100 Influencer in Identity” by One World Identity (OWI), an exclusive list that annually recognizes influencers and leaders from across the globe, showcasing a who’s who of people to know in the identity space.
AboutKlaudette Christensen is Chief Operating Officer for Experian Marketing Services, Experian North America with responsibility for all operating functions including product management and development, marketing, client services, contracts, data management and analytics. Prior to this appointment, she served as Vice President, Product Management for Consumer Information Services in North America.
AboutLloyd Pitchford is the Chief Financial Officer for Experian. He is a qualified accountant holding an MBA, and has deep financial knowledge and experience, built up through a career working in complex, change-oriented, global organisations. Before joining Experian, Lloyd held a wide portfolio of finance and operational responsibilities, including as Chief Financial Officer of Intertek Group plc, senior finance positions (including Group Financial Controller) at BG Group plc, and financial and commercial roles at Mobil Oil.
AboutMelinda Zabritski is Senior Director for Experian Automotive’s financial solutions team. Throughout her career with Experian, Zabritski has overseen the product strategy for Experian Automotive’s lending channel and creation of the automotive credit vertical. After over 18 years in product management, she transitioned into sales and consulting. Zabritski also serves as Experian’s primary analyst and spokesperson regarding key automotive finance trends.
AboutMichael Bruemmer is Vice President of the Experian® Data Breach Resolution group and Consumer Protection at Experian. The Group is a leader in helping businesses prepare for a data breach and mitigate consumer risk following breach incidents.
With more than 35 years in industry, Michael brings a wealth of knowledge related to data breach preparedness and breach management from discovery to post-incident clean up. He has handled some of the nation’s largest breaches over his tenure with Experian and more than 55,000 to date. Michael has educated businesses of all sizes and sectors through pre-breach and breach response planning and delivery, including notification processes to affected consumers, call center set up and identity theft protection services.
AboutI'm the Director of Social Media & Community for Experian and manage our social channels in North America. Tweeting @mikedelgado
AboutMike Gross is VP, Applied Fraud Research & Analytics for Experian Global Identity & Fraud, with responsibility for anticipating how future changes in technology, consumer engagement, fraud behaviors, and digital transformation will drive disruptive customer experiences and create new threats around the world. Prior to this role, he served as Product Innovation and Risk Director for Identity & Fraud, Global Decision Analytics. In those roles, he led a team of data scientists, engineers, and risk analysts to prototype new fraud concepts and develop fraud prevention strategies to protect some of the world’s largest brands.
Mike joined Experian in August 2011 and has undertaken multiple Product and Risk leadership roles, facilitating collaboration across global and regional business units and partnering with Experian Data Labs. He has 20 years of experience in financial services fraud prevention and risk management, sparking innovation opportunities, pinpointing emerging threats, facilitating market expansion, establishing strategic partnerships, and driving revenue growth. Prior to joining Experian, he led Product Strategy for Digital Authentication at Early Warning Services.
AboutRaudy Perez leads external diversity partnerships for Experian North America in close collaboration with the Corporate Social Responsibility team. His portfolio of work fuels Experian’s force for good by strategically driving financial inclusion in underserved and marginalized communities. He also contributes to Experian’s DEI workforce efforts focused on diverse representation and the development of underrepresented talent.
AboutRichard leads Experian’s global Social Innovation Programme and also heads up their UK&I Corporate Responsibility team. Richard joined Experian as Head of Internal Communications in 2012, having led employee communication functions at Citibank, Capital One and Egg. In 2014 his team won the Institute of Internal Communications (IOIC) in-house team of the year at their national awards ceremony.
Richard has been leading Corporate Responsibility for the UK&I region since 2015 and also added Social Innovation to his accountabilities at the beginning of 2018. This programme has invested over $8m in circa 30 projects since 2013, and is on track to reach 100m people by 2025.
AboutRobert Boxberger leads the strategic direction of Experian North America’s fraud prevention and identity solutions, commercialization platforms, and innovation assets, driving growth through protecting and empowering businesses and their customers. Since joining Experian in 2016, he has led several initiatives that have shaped the business, propelling it to double-digit revenue growth. His achievements include leading M&A to speed innovation and market expansion, driving go-to-market strategies that doubled the software sales pipeline, introducing machine learning and robotics to fraud and credit analytics products, and creating the infrastructure for a 90-day product delivery cycle.
AboutRod Griffin is Director of Public Education for Experian.
He is responsible for Experian’s national consumer education programs and supports the company’s community involvement and corporate responsibility efforts. He speaks regularly at regional and national financial literacy events and supports various national consumer education initiatives including the LifeSmarts Consumer Knowledge Competition, for which he serves on the Corporate Advisory Board, and the Jumpstart Coalition for Financial Literacy. Rod also serves on the Creative Educator Advisory Board for FinLitTV.com For more than 15 years he has written Ask Experian, an online consumer credit advice column, with Maxine Sweet, Vice President of Public Education.
Rod holds a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas, has a Fair Credit Reporting Act certification from the Consumer Data Industry Association and is a Center for Financial Certifications Certified Financial Counselor.
AboutScott serves as Director of Public Relations, responsible for managing communications programming, media relations and strategy for Experian Marketing Services. Based out of Experian’s Costa Mesa office, he has more than 19 years of public relations experience and enjoys building lasting relationships with journalists from around the globe.
AboutShri Santhanam is Executive Vice President and General Manager of Global Analytics and AI for Experian’s Decision Analytics business division. He is a frequent speaker on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Most recently, he has been quoted or interviewed in CIO.com, Artificially Intelligent podcast, AI in Business podcast and Tech Talks Daily. His industry expertise allows him to show clients how to take full advantage of the opportunities in advanced data analytics.
Prior to Experian, Shri was a partner at the international management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. There he co-founded Oliver Wyman Labs, which helps clients use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive transformative business impact.
Shri is an engineer by background and while studying at Stanford University focused on data science and analytics in flight control systems.
AboutVictoria Lim is a senior manager on Experian North America’s corporate communications team.
AboutWil Lewis is the first-ever Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Experian. In this role, Wil strives to build on the company’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity, institutionalize inclusive processes as a key to innovation, ensure every employee and key stakeholders feel connected to the organization, culture and that talent represents the communities in which Experian operate.
Prior to this role, Wil was Diversity & Inclusion Executive and Head of Bank of America’s global disability LGBT+, and military strategies. Wil also had responsibility for the firm’s Global Employee Networks and D&I recognition. In this role, he was responsible for 11 networks with more than 350 chapters in forty countries with 180,000+ memberships. Additionally, Wil served as a market HR generalist.