Global Leadership Team
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Sara Mathew is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of D&B.Ms. Mathew joined D&B in August 2001 as the Chief Financial Officer. In 2006 she became President, US and in the latter part of the year, added responsibilities as President, International. In February 2007, Ms. Mathew was promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. In January 2010, Ms. Mathew was named Chief Executive Officer of D&B, and assumed the role of Chairman of the Board on July 1, 2010. Ms. Mathew has been a member of the D&B Board of Directors since January 2008.
Under Ms. Mathew's leadership, D&B implemented a total shareholder return ("TSR") strategy, focused on profitable revenue growth, margin expansion and a disciplined approach to deploying D&B's free cash flow. Additionally, Ms. Mathew was instrumental in the development and implementation of D&B's current International strategy, leveraging partnerships to improve D&B's competitive position through the creation of D&B's World Wide Network ("WWN"). Since then, International has almost doubled in revenue and significantly expanded margins.
Currently, Ms. Mathew is leading a transformation of D&B from a data company to a more innovative, digital enterprise by leveraging technological advances that will allow the company to expand its reach in the market place. A re-platforming of D&B's core assets is underway; to further extend D&B's current competitive advantage in the commercial market.
Prior to joining D&B, Ms. Mathew spent 18 years at Procter & Gamble, where she served in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Finance in Asia and CFO of the global baby care business unit.
Ms. Mathew also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Campbell Soup Company. She holds a bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, and mathematics from Women's Christian College in Madras, India and a master's in business administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Holdings: 105,656 shares
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| Date | Type | Shares Traded | Price Range |
| Dec 13, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 128 | 71.42 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | Sell | 18,890 | 66.14 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | Option Execute | 25,000 | 36.16 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 139 | 65.35 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Sell | 18,986 | 65.25 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Option Execute | 25,000 | 36.16 |
| Sep 7, 2011 | Sell | 5,935 | 64.48 |
| Sep 7, 2011 | Option Execute | 25,000 | 36.16 |
| Sep 6, 2011 | Sell | 5,640 | 61.71 |
| Sep 6, 2011 | Option Execute | 25,000 | 36.16 |
| Aug 1, 2011 | Sell | 52,200 | 71.38 |
| Aug 1, 2011 | Option Execute | 75,000 | 31.36 |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 159 | 75.21 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 41 | 77.57 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 18 | 80.45 |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 18,023 | n/a |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 709 | 80.45 |
| Dec 13, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 38 | 79.57 |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 44 | 68.66 |
| Jul 12, 2010 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 6,948 | 67.50 |
| Jun 16, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 41 | 73.20 |
| Mar 18, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 41 | 73.36 |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 848 | 69.96 |
| Mar 1, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 8,593 | n/a |
| Feb 23, 2010 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 2,065 | 70.62 |
| Feb 22, 2010 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 1,228 | 71.23 |
| Mar 4, 2009 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 11,971 | n/a |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 2,330 | 72.97 |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 1,239 | 73.55 |
| Feb 22, 2009 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 838 | 72.94 |
| Jul 16, 2008 | Sell | 6,688 | 95.00 |
| May 15, 2008 | Sell | 6,690 | 90.00 |
| Feb 25, 2008 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 4,205 | 90.22 |
| Feb 24, 2008 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 1,793 | 90.80 |
| Feb 23, 2008 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 1,059 | 90.80 |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 11,439 | n/a |
| Sep 17, 2007 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 1 | 98.05 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 1 | 100.17 |
Mr. Ballew joined D&B in January 2011 as Chief Data and Analytic Officer. In his role Mr. Ballew is responsible for global data and information management, customer analytics, predictive analytics and the overall data and analytic strategy for the company.Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Ballew served as Nationwide's Senior Vice President Customer Insights and Analytics. In this capacity Mr. Ballew was responsible for the company's customer research, forecasting, data management, analytics and insights function. He also served as the company's Chief Economist and oversaw the macroeconomic forecasting and planning activities.
Prior to joining Nationwide, Mr. Ballew was employed by General Motors and served as General Motors Corporation's Executive Director for Global Market and Industry Analysis. In this role Mr. Ballew also directed the company's Sales and Marketing strategic planning activities in North America and served as a senior director for global product planning activities.
Prior to joining GM Mr. Ballew was a Partner and Senior Director for J.D. Power and Associates. Mr. Ballew also was previously employed by the Federal Reserve, and maintains his advisory role with the Fed as well as serving a number of Boards of non-profit organizations.
David Clarke is Chief Customer Officer for North America.Mr. Clarke joined D&B in 1981, in the United Kingdom. Since then, he assumed increasing responsibility in European Technology, including leading D&B's European Y2K Programme. Subsequently, Mr. Clarke has held the positions of Senior Vice President, Data & Operations North America, and Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Solutions. In June 2009, he was named President, Global Information Services. Mr. Clarke relocated to the US in 2000 when he was named Chief Information Officer, North America. Mr. Clarke is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Mr. Clarke has broad D&B management experience and a proven international record of success. He has a deep understanding of the business information industry and uses this experience to drive D&B's Global Data Strategy and execution.
Mr. Clarke serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Digital Trowel, an Israel-based web mining company.
Mr. Conti is the Chief Administrative Officer and President, International of D&B.Mr. Conti joined D&B in June 2003 as leader of Corporate Strategy where he was responsible for refining the Blueprint for Growth strategy which resulted in both revenue and operating income growth. In 2005, he was appointed Vice President of the Small Business Solutions teams where he held several business development and general management leadership roles. Under his leadership, Mr. Conti developed the company's Internet strategy representing one of D&B's three strategic growth platforms. He also accelerated growth in D&B's largest credit telesales and traditional sales and marketing business through acquisition and organic initiatives resulting in double digit growth. In 2007, Mr. Conti was named Senior Vice President of several of D&B's International markets including Belgium, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, and Latin America and was accountable for the International P&L. In 2008, he was named President - Europe, Latin America and Partnerships where he was responsible for accelerating growth through effective organic and inorganic growth actions. In September 2010, Mr. Conti was named Chief Administrative Officer and added President, International to his responsibilities in June 2011. He is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Currently, Mr. Conti is responsible for ensuring the Corporation makes integrated business decisions to drive sustainable, profitable growth. His accountabilities include Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Human Resources, International Partnerships and Internal Communications. In addition, Mr. Conti has P&L responsibility for the International business.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Conti was the leader of corporate strategy group at Qwest Communications. He also held leadership positions at Ernst & Young LLP, Viant and General Motors. Mr. Conti holds a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Holdings: 14,934 shares
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| Date | Type | Shares Traded | Price Range |
| Dec 13, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 51 | 71.42 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 56 | 65.35 |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 48 | 75.21 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 42 | 77.57 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 9 | 80.11 - 80.45 |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 121 | 80.11 |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 1,689 | n/a |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 100 | 80.45 |
| Feb 22, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 170 | 83.57 |
| Feb 1, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 256 | 86.03 |
| Dec 15, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 6,580 | n/a |
| Dec 13, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 10 | 79.57 |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 12 | 68.66 |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Statement of Ownership | 0 | n/a |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Statement of Ownership | 0 | n/a |
John Cucci is Executive Vice President, North American Sales at D&B.Mr. Cucci joined D&B in 2003 as Leader, Northeast Strategic Accounts. In 2005, he was named Risk Management sales leader where he led a sales team of 60+ responsible for D&B's largest segment of business. In 2007, Mr. Cucci advanced to the role of Enterprise Sales Solutions leader with a team of 80+ sales team members. In the same year, he was named Senior Vice President, Global/Major Sales. In 2009, Mr. Cucci executed a sales strategy that formed the Commercial Customers sales channel. In 2011, he was named Executive Vice President, North American Sales and now leads the company's largest global sales team. Mr. Cucci is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Under Mr. Cucci's leadership, the sales team successfully executed a transformative go-to-market strategy that formed the company's largest sales team and enabled D&B to better serve existing customers and identify new customer acquisition opportunities.
Currently, Mr. Cucci is responsible for all North American sales to Fortune 500, multi-national customers, mid-size customers, and new customer acquisition. Within the D&B organization he is a driver of transformative change and a highly respected builder and leader of winning sales and support teams. Mr. Cucci is also Executive Sponsor for several of D&B's key customer accounts and is instrumental in negotiating multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Cucci spent 28 years in the telecommunications industry with AT&T, Northern Telecom, MCI and T-Systems. Most recently, he was senior vice president, Network Sales, for North America at T-Systems, a global telecom provider. Prior to T-Systems, Mr. Cucci was VP, Global Investment Accounts at MCI WorldCom. In this role, he was responsible for the company's key global accounts and led a corporate charter that successfully attracted new business from a customer base unfamiliar with the company's services and a win-back campaign with a set of customers that had left WorldCom.
Mr. Cucci has been a featured speaker at many internal and external events. He is a member of the British American Chamber of Commerce and the Smart Card Banking Forum. He holds a bachelor's degree from St. John's University.
Walt Hauck is the Senior Vice President, Technology & Chief Information Officer of D&B.Mr. Hauck joined D&B in December of 2010 as the Chief Information Officer. He is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Under Mr. Hauck's leadership, D&B initiated a $100M corporate transformation effort including consolidation and re-design of the product suite and development of a real-time data supply chain. Under Mr. Hauck's leadership, D&B also outsourced and successfully migrated the Data Center. He was instrumental in building strategic partnerships, consolidating over sixty vendors into two, with $10M of in-year savings.
Currently, Mr. Hauck is responsible for the development of new products and management of D&B's technology infrastructure. In this role, he develops strategies to deliver leading-edge technologies that create world-class products to D&B customers and employees.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Hauck spent 13 years at Pfizer where he most recently served as Vice President, Global Technology. In this role, he worked extensively in the automation of new drug submissions and led the creation of a paperless clinical trials process. Mr. Hauck was an R&D team member for several new drug approval teams, including Viagra, Geodon, and Celebrex. He began his professional career in underwater acoustics as an engineer at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, focused on ocean acoustics and signal processing.
Mr. Hauck also serves as a Regent at the University of Hartford, where he is a member of the Audit and Strategic Planning committees. He holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from University of Hartford, CT and a master's degree in Acoustics from Pennsylvania State University.
Ms. Hill is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at D&B.
Ms. Hill joined D&B in September 2011 as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and brings over 25 years of M&A, commercial, corporate governance and compliance experience as head of the company's legal, compliance, and government affairs functions.
Prior to joining D&B, Ms. Hill served as the General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc., a global telecommunications company, following its acquisition of Arbinet Corporation, where she served as General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Arbinet, Ms. Hill ran the oversight liaison and reporting function in the Office of Financial Stability at the U.S. Department of Treasury following her ten years of service at Nextel Communications and then Sprint Nextel Corporation, where she held various leadership positions in the company's legal and governance organizations, including her most recent position as Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer. Before joining Nextel in 1998, Ms. Hill served as counsel at Honda of America Mfg., where her responsibilities included a variety of corporate, transactional and compliance matters, and began her career at Jones Day in the firm's mergers and acquisitions group.
Ms. Hill holds a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from the Ohio State University and a doctor of jurisprudence degree (with honors) from the Ohio State University College of Law.
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Holdings: 2,915 shares
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| Date | Type | Shares Traded | Price Range |
| Dec 13, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 15 | 71.42 |
| Sep 12, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 2,900 | n/a |
Josh Peirez is President, Global Product, Marketing, and Innovation of D&B.Mr. Peirez joined D&B in September 2010 as Chief Marketing Officer before being named President, Global Product, Marketing and Innovation in July 2011. He has assumed increasing responsibility for Global Risk and Analytics while also retaining responsibilities for our Sales and Marketing Solutions (S&MS), Global Marketing, Innovation and Data. He is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Mr. Peirez is responsible for all of D&B's product portfolios, global marketing and data strategies, and the overall customer experience, as well as D&B's Innovation Lab.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Peirez spent 10 years with MasterCard, most recently in the role of Chief Innovation Officer for MasterCard Worldwide. In that role, he led the development and commercialization of a number of payment platforms. Previously, Mr. Peirez was the Chief Payment System Integrity Officer for MasterCard, overseeing compliance, fraud prevention and the security of MasterCard's payment systems. A trained lawyer, he also served as Group Executive, Global Public Policy and Associate General Counsel. Before joining MasterCard in 2000, Mr. Peirez was an associate at Clifford Chance Rogers and Wells focusing on antitrust litigation.
Mr. Peirez has served on the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for the Westchester County Association. He was named in the Top 10 Innovators of 2009 ranked by Bank Technology News. Mr. Peirez holds a bachelor's degree in Policy Analysis, Economic and Government Studies from Cornell University and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he received the Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Criminal Law and Comparative Constitutional Law.
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Holdings: 17,756 shares
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| Date | Type | Shares Traded | Price Range |
| Dec 13, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 80 | 71.42 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 103 | 65.35 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 6 | 62.75 |
| Sep 13, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 1,188 | 62.75 |
| Sep 13, 2011 | Disposition (Non Open Market) | 17 | 62.75 |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 89 | 75.21 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 67 | 77.57 |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 4,224 | n/a |
| Dec 13, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 63 | 79.57 |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 14,340 | n/a |
Richard Veldran is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at D&B.Mr. Veldran joined D&B in September 2003 as Chief Financial Officer of D&B North America, a position he held for two years. In February 2006, he was named D&B's Treasurer and Leader of Investor Relations, External Communications, and Global Financial Planning and Analysis. In July 2008, Mr. Veldran was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global Reengineering, and was given the added responsibility of leading D&B North America Finance seven months later. Most recently, as Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for leading the development of our Corporate Strategy and M&A agenda for the next phase of D&B's growth through 2015. Mr. Veldran is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team.
Mr. Veldran has been instrumental in driving profitability and margin expansion across D&B's global businesses, and has led two of the largest financial flexibility initiatives in company history during the recent global recession. He has also led a number of key business initiatives, including D&B's first-ever dividend issuance and two public bond offerings.
Mr. Veldran is responsible for driving our financial commitments and performance. He leads the global organization of Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Investor Relations, Tax, Internal Audit and Corporate Risk Management to further advance D&B's growth strategy.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Veldran held financial leadership roles with both Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Procter & Gamble. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.
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Holdings: 7,148 shares
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| Date | Type | Shares Traded | Price Range |
| Dec 13, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 16 | 71.42 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 18 | 65.35 |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Acquisition (Non Open Market) | 46 | 75.21 |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Statement of Ownership | 0 | n/a |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Statement of Ownership | 0 | n/a |
Byron Vielehr is the President of D&B North America.
Mr. Vielehr joined D&B in July 2005 as the Chief Information Officer and in 2007 added the responsibilities of Chief Data Officer. Since that time he has held several positions with increasing levels of responsibility. In December 2008, Mr. Vielehr became President, Sales & Marketing Solutions. In November 2009, he was chosen to run D&B's largest product group and named President, Global Risk & Analytics. In June 2011, Mr. Vielehr was promoted to President of D&B North America. He is also a member of D&B's Global Leadership Team. In his Integration Solutions role, Mr. Vielehr advanced our data integration strategy as well as our capabilities with our enterprise solutions, an integral part of sales & marketing offerings. Mr. Vielehr also developed D&B's Strategic Technology Initiative plan (Maximize Customer Value) which included relocating D&B's data center, reengineering the Data Supply Chain, and streamlining the product portfolio. This initiative will deliver the foundational capabilities for D&B products into the future.
Currently, Mr. Vielehr is leading the D&B North America business and continues to oversee our Maximize Customer Value program. He is focused on driving top-line growth for the North American business, while continuing to improve our products, technology, and data.
Prior to joining D&B, Mr. Vielehr had spent more than 20 years in technology and business leadership roles, with a proven track record of enabling business growth and transformation through the strategic use of technology. Mr. Vielehr joined D&B from NorthStar Systems International, Inc., an enterprise wealth management technology solutions provider, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to NorthStar, Mr. Vielehr served as Chief Information Officer of the Private Client Group at Merrill Lynch, and earlier as Chief Information Officer and Global Head of eBusiness of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Previously in his career he was an executive officer at Strong Capital Management, Thrivent, and SST Inc.
Mr. Vielehr also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Reis, Inc. and is a Director for Marketcore Inc. He also is a member of the Young Presidents Organization. He holds a bachelor's degree from Drexel University and a master's degree in business administration from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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