LaVerne Council
Appointed to the Thomson Reuters Board of Directors
TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2022 -- Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE:
TRI) today announced the appointment of LaVerne Council to the company's Board of
Directors, effective immediately.
"We are privileged to have a board that consists of a strong
cadre of leaders with a breadth of perspectives and backgrounds. I
am pleased to have LaVerne join our boardroom. Her expertise in
information technology, business operations and transformational
change will prove invaluable as we continue to transition from a
holding company to an operating company," said David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters.
Council, 60, is the Chief Executive Officer of Emerald One, LLC,
an information technology consulting company focused on helping
businesses develop innovative methodologies for driving change and
transformation. She was the National Managing Principal,
Enterprise Technology Strategy & Innovation, for Grant
Thornton LLP from 2017 to 2019 and served as the Senior Vice
President and General Manager for MITRE Corporation in 2017.
Council was Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Information & Technology and Chief Information Officer for
the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from 2015 to
2017. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Council Advisory
Services, LLC from 2012 through 2015. Council has also held
significant corporate leadership roles focused on supply chain, IT
centralization and integration. She served as the Corporate Vice
President and Global Chief Information Officer for
Johnson & Johnson from 2006 through 2011. Before that, she
served in several roles of increasing responsibility at DELL, Inc.
from 2000 to 2006, including as the Global Vice President,
Information Technology, Global Business Solutions, and Development
Services.
Council also currently serves on the board of directors of
CONMED Corporation and Concentrix Corporation. She also sits on the
boards of Mathematica, an acclaimed employee-owned data research
organization, and Girl Up, a nonprofit initiative founded by the
United Nations Foundation. She received her Master of
Business Administration from Illinois State
University and her Bachelor of Business Administration in
Computer Science from Western Illinois
University. Council also holds an honorary Doctorate of
Business Administration from Drexel
University.
"LaVerne's global orientation and proven ability to merge
strategic, operational and tactical initiatives to drive growth and
innovation is a formidable strength. Her depth of experience in the
public and private sectors should guide us as we continue to focus
on delivering the best products and services to all of our
customers," said Thomson.
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