Our Leadership
Our executives and board guide our company through an ever-changing environment, driving opportunities for our shareholders, our customers and our employees around the world.
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James C. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Smith was Chief Operating Officer of Thomson Reuters from September 2011. He had been Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters Professional division from April 2008. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of The Thomson Corporation and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Learning’s Academic and Reference Group. Mr. Smith began his career as a journalist and joined Thomson Newspapers in 1987. He held several staff and operating positions, culminating in his role as head of operations for Thomson Newspapers in the U.S. With the sale of the newspaper group in 2000, he joined The Thomson Corporation in 2001 as Executive Vice President. Mr. Smith has a BA from Marshall University.
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Stephen J. Adler
President and Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Prior to January 2013, Mr. Adler held the position of Editor-in-Chief, Reuters News, and Executive Vice President, News. Mr. Adler joined Thomson Reuters in January 2010 as Senior Vice President and Editorial Director of Thomson Reuters Professional division. Prior to January 2010, Mr. Adler was Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek during his five-year tenure. He has also held various senior leadership roles during his 16 years at The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Adler began his career as a reporter at local newspapers in Florida.
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Stephane Bello
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Bello was Chief Financial Officer of Thomson Reuters Professional division since April 2008. Mr. Bello joined Thomson in 2001 as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining Thomson, Mr. Bello held several positions at General Motors in its treasury division, including regional Treasurer of General Motors Europe and Assistant Treasurer of General Motors in New York.
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David W. Craig
President, Financial & Risk
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Craig was President of Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance since September 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Craig was Chief Strategy Officer of Thomson Reuters. He joined Reuters in 2007. Prior to 2007, Mr. Craig was a Partner at McKinsey & Company and a Senior Principal and Partner at American Management Systems.
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Chris Kibarian
President, Intellectual Property & Science
Prior to February 2011, Mr. Kibarian was President of the Business of Law unit within Thomson Reuters Legal. Mr. Kibarian joined Thomson in 2001 and has held a number of key leadership positions within the organization, including Consultant, Global Strategy in the Legal & Regulatory business, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development in the Tax & Accounting business and President and General Manager of FindLaw.
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Brian Peccarelli
President, Tax & Accounting
Prior to February 2011, Mr. Peccarelli was President of Workflow & Service Solutions within the Tax & Accounting business for seven years. Mr. Peccarelli joined Thomson in 1984 and has held a number of key leadership positions within the organization, including Vice President of the Corporate Services Market and General Manager for RIA Compliance. He is also a certified public accountant and a lawyer.
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James T. Powell
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Powell has held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since July 2008. Previously, Mr. Powell was Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters Markets division. In his 14 years with Reuters, Mr. Powell held a number of senior leadership positions, including Chief Technology Officer of its Enterprise division and Global Head of Product Development. He has also held senior leadership positions at Solace Systems, Citadel Investment Group and TIBCO Finance Technology.
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Shanker Ramamurthy
President, Global Growth & Operations
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Ramamurthy was President of Sales & Trading and President of the combined Sales & Trading and Investment & Advisory businesses of Thomson Reuters. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters in June 2011, Mr. Ramamurthy was General Manager of the Banking & Financial Market business at IBM. He has over 20 years of experience as a strategic consultant and was previously a lead partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Financial Consulting practice before he joined IBM when it acquired PricewaterhouseCoopers’ consulting business.
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Deirdre Stanley
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors
Since 2008, Ms. Stanley held the position of Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Thomson Reuters. Ms. Stanley was also appointed Secretary in January 2013. Prior to April 2008, Ms. Stanley was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Thomson Corporation. Prior to joining Thomson in 2002, Ms. Stanley held various senior executive positions, including Deputy General Counsel at USA Networks, Inc. and its successor companies. From 1997 through 1999, Ms. Stanley served as Associate General Counsel for GTE Corporation, where she headed the mergers and acquisitions practice group. Before GTE Corporation, Ms. Stanley practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York.
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Michael Suchsland
President, Legal
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Suchsland was President of Corporate, Government & Academic within the Thomson Reuters Legal business since January 2007. Mr. Suchsland joined Thomson in 1998 and has held a number of key leadership positions within the organization, including Vice President of Strategic Consulting, Vice President of Strategic Marketing and President of West Education Group. Prior to joining Thomson in 1998, Mr. Suchsland served as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Thorn Americas, Deputy Head of International at CCH and Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton.
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Peter Warwick
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Prior to January 2012, Mr. Warwick was Chief Operating Officer of Thomson Reuters Professional division since April 2011. Mr. Warwick joined Thomson in 1998 and has held a number of key leadership positions within the organization, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters Legal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Tax & Accounting and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Legal & Regulatory Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Thomson in 1998, Mr. Warwick was managing director of Pitman Publishing, deputy chief executive of the Longman Group and Chief Executive of Pearson Professional in London.
