Chris Perry serves as President of Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). With over $4.5 billion in revenues and part of the S&P 500® Index, Broadridge is a global Fintech leader enabling corporate governance, powering capital markets, enabling client communications and helping wealth and asset management firms grow worldwide. The company provides communications, technology, data and analytics solutions around the world. Broadridge processes more than US $7 trillion in fixed income and equity trades daily, delivers essential communications for more than 5,000 brands to over 75% of North American households and manages shareholder voting in 90 countries. The company employs more than 11,000 associates in 18 countries worldwide.
Chris joined Broadridge in 2014 and as a member of the Executive Committee, he oversees all client and market-facing activities globally and is responsible for delivering the company’s annual sales targets spanning all business units and product lines. During his tenure, he has implemented both strategic and tactical programs aimed at achieving world-class service in customer support, account management, client training, lead generation and marketing. He has also been a driving force behind the transformation of the organization from a portfolio of companies to an enterprise cloud-based services provider. Broadridge has enjoyed five years of consecutive record setting sales under Chris' leadership.
Over the previous 14 years, Chris has held numerous management and commercial roles at Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), and its predecessor, Thomson Financial. There he served as Global Managing Director of Risk for the Financial and Risk Division, where he was responsible for overseeing Governance, Risk and Compliance, as well as Pricing and Reference services. He was accountable for all aspects of management — including P&L responsibility—for approximately $700 million in annual revenue during an active acquisition and growth phase. Previously, he served as President of Global Sales and Account Management of the Financial and Risk Division responsible for US$6 billion in revenue and responsible for 4,000 professionals worldwide. Earlier in his career, Chris worked in several FinTech companies and institutional trading and retail brokerage for Kemper Financial Services', Blunt Ellis & Lowie unit as well as correspondent firms of both Prudential and Pershing.
In January 2019, Chris was elected to the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), founded in 2004 with the mission to ensure that all individuals have access to competent and affordable financial advice, products and services. Chris serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey for over ten years and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for NPower, an organization that provides underprivileged youths and military veterans with the opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential. In addition, he is a sponsor of the Women on Wall Street Association, a New York-based business leadership organization that helps accelerate careers of women in financial services and unites business professionals in support of equality, executive leadership and breaking the glass ceiling. Until October 2018, Chris served as Chairman of British American Business, a membership organization that enables transatlantic commerce, and continues to serve on their Executive Board.
Chris holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in Marketing from Lewis University, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.