David Craig is the co-chair of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) launched by His Majesty King Charles III. He is a member of the IAPB (International Advisory Panel for Biodiversity Credits) leading the work on bio-diversity measurement and verification. David is a Trustee at the Natural History Museum supporting Innovation and Data and a director of the Green Finance Institute PMO.
David has 30 years leadership experience in financial markets data, analytics and technology and is seen as a leading expert in the data and market infrastructure required to drive sustainable markets. He was the founder and CEO of Refinitiv, one of the largest data and technology platform providers to financial markets operating in over 160 countries. Following the acquisition of Refinitiv by London Stock Exchange Group for $27B in 2021, he become head of LSEG’s Data and Analytics Division.
He was previously founder and CEO of the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) business and Chief Strategy Officer at Thomson Reuters, and Reuters plc. Prior to these roles he spent 8 years as a partner at McKinsey focusing on technology and financial services clients, and was a software developer for American Management Systems.
David is a private investor in natural capital technology firms. He is a Board Advisor and chairs Triple Private Equity Investment Committee, is a member of the International Technology Advisory Panel for MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) and has recently advised the Bank of England on data strategy.
