Dun & Bradstreet Announces Leadership Changes to Board of Directors
December 07 2016 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
CEO Robert Carrigan appointed Chairman;
Thomas Manning appointed Lead Director; Christopher
Coughlin to retire from Board of Directors after 12 years of
service
Dun & Bradstreet today announced changes to leadership roles
within its board of directors effective immediately. In addition to
his role as Chief Executive Officer, Robert Carrigan has been
appointed as Chairman of the Dun & Bradstreet Board of
Directors, replacing Christopher Coughlin who served as Chairman of
the Board since October 2013. Coughlin will serve out his term as a
member of the Dun & Bradstreet Board of Directors before
retiring in May 2017, immediately prior to the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. Thomas Manning has been appointed Lead Director and
Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee.
“Since his arrival at Dun & Bradstreet, Bob has exhibited
passionate leadership and an innovative vision that have set the
company on its path toward meaningful and sustainable growth,” said
Coughlin. “From modernizing the brand and revitalizing the company
culture, to expanding the company’s addressable market and
solutions roadmap, he is transforming this company to be more
relevant, modern and essential than ever before. In addition, with
the acquisitions and integrations of Credibility Corp. and
NetProspex, Inc. now complete, this is the right time to transition
leadership of the Dun & Bradstreet Board of Directors to Bob,
who has ably led this company since becoming CEO in October
2013.”
“I want to thank Chris for his years of commitment and dedicated
leadership as a board member and Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet
and its Board of Directors,” said Carrigan. “His vast business
experience, guidance, and partnership were critical in supporting
the transformation of our company over the past three years, in
particular. But it was Chris’ humility, fairness and integrity that
helped us build a diverse, global and inclusive Board of Directors
at Dun & Bradstreet that inspires us to think differently and
has helped the company grow. I am grateful that he has been a
steward and champion of the Dun & Bradstreet brand, a friend to
our company, and a mentor to me.”
Coughlin was elected to the Board in 2004, and served as Lead
Director from 2010 to 2013, when he was named Chairman. He remains
a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee and
Compensation & Benefits Committee until May 2017. Coughlin was
honored in 2015 as Director of the Year by the National Association
of Corporate Directors (NACD).
“With his incredible depth of experience in management
consulting, global business operations, private equity and
corporate governance, Tom Manning is ideally suited to serve as Dun
& Bradstreet’s Lead Director,” said Coughlin. “I am confident
that he will continue to provide the leadership, guidance and
partnership that Bob and Dun & Bradstreet require as they
embark on the next phase of their growth journey.”
Manning has served as a director of Dun & Bradstreet since
June 2013 and is currently a member of the Audit Committee and
Innovation & Technology Committee. He will also join the
Nominating & Governance Committee as Chair, effective
immediately. Manning is a Lecturer in Law at the University of
Chicago Law School and previously served as the Chief Executive
Officer of Cerberus Asia Operations & Advisory Limited and
Indachin Limited. He also held senior executive positions with
Capgemini, Ernst & Young, Bain & Company, and McKinsey
& Company. Manning serves as director to public companies
CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Clear Media Limited. He
previously served as a director of iSoftStone Holdings Limited,
Asiainfo-Linkage, Gome Electrical Appliances Company, and Bank of
Communications Co., Ltd. He recently earned a National Association
of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellowship, considered the Gold
Standard Director Credential®, during the third quarter of
2016.
About Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) grows the most valuable
relationships in business. By uncovering truth and meaning from
data, we connect our customers with the prospects, suppliers,
clients and partners that matter most, and have since 1841. Nearly
ninety percent of the Fortune 500, and companies of every size
around the world, rely on our data, insights and analytics. For
more about Dun & Bradstreet, visit DNB.com. Twitter:
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