NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- Broadridge Financial Solutions,
Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Annette L. Nazareth as an independent
member of its Board of Directors, effective August 10, 2021. Following her appointment,
Broadridge's Board consists of 12 members, 10 of whom are
independent.
Ms. Nazareth is a Senior Counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell and until recently
headed the Trading and Markets practice in Davis Polk's Financial Institutions Group, which
is one of the most widely recognized practices in the field. She is
an experienced financial markets regulator, former SEC
Commissioner, and recognized authority on financial markets
regulatory issues. She has spent much of her career advising boards
of directors on corporate governance matters.
"Annette is a well-respected thought leader, lawyer and
policymaker whose lifetime of experience in government service and
around the financial services industry will greatly benefit
Broadridge's Board of Directors," said Rich
Daly, executive chairman of the Board. "As Broadridge
continues to focus on growing its business across governance,
capital markets and wealth and investment management, we look
forward to having Annette's guidance and viewpoint on how to best
address the evolving regulatory landscape as we develop next-gen
technology to help clients be ready for what's next."
Ms. Nazareth has been a key player in financial services
regulation for much of her career. She joined the SEC Staff in 1998
as a Senior Counsel to Chairman Arthur
Levitt and then served as Interim Director of the Division
of Investment Management. She served as Director of the Division of
Market Regulation (now the Division of Trading and Markets) from
1999 to 2005. As Director, she oversaw the regulation of
broker-dealers, securities exchanges and clearing agencies. In
2005, she was appointed an SEC Commissioner. During her tenure at
the Commission, she worked on numerous groundbreaking initiatives,
including execution quality disclosure rules, implementation of
equities decimal pricing, short sale reforms, corporate debt
transparency rules and modernization of the national market system.
Earlier in her career Ms. Nazareth held a number of senior
positions at investment banks.
"Broadridge plays a leading role in supporting its clients and
the financial services industry ecosystem by developing and
delivering the critical infrastructure that powers investing,
governance and communications," said Ms. Nazareth. "As a regulator
and in private practice, I have always been impressed with
Broadridge's passion around governance best practices and I look
forward to working with management and the Board as we continue to
address the new challenges of tomorrow."
Ms. Nazareth is on the boards of Figure Acquisition Corp I and
Athena Technology Acquisition Corp and currently serves as the
Operating Lead of a private-sector led international Taskforce on
Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. She also serves on several
not-for-profit boards.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech
leader with over $4.5 billion in
revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers
investing, corporate governance and communications to enable better
financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions to banks,
broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies.
Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub
enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public
companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and
institutional investors around the world. In addition, Broadridge's
technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of
on average more than U.S. $10
trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities
globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge
is a part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over
12,000 associates in 21 countries. For more information about us
and what we can do for you, please visit www.broadridge.com.
Investors:
W. Edings Thibault
Investor Relations
+ 1 516-472-5129
Edings.thibault@broadridge.com
Media:
Gregg Rosenberg
Corporate Communications
+1 212-918-6966
Gregg.rosenberg@broadridge.com
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