Board Members Audit Compensation Governance and Nominating Technology

M. Troy Woods

Connie D. McDaniel

Audit
Governance and Nominating

Cameron Bready

F. Thaddeus Arroyo

Governance and Nominating
Technology

Robert H.B. Baldwin, Jr.

Audit
Compensation

John G. Bruno

Compensation
Technology

Joia M. Johnson

Compensation
Governance and Nominating

Kirsten Kliphouse

Technology

Ruth Ann Marshall

Governance and Nominating
Technology

Joe Osnoss

Compensation
Technology

William B. Plummer

Audit

John T. Turner

Audit
Governance and Nominating
Chair
Member
M. Troy Woods

M. Troy Woods

Prior to the merger with Global Payments in 2019, Mr. Woods served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of TSYS.

Since he joined TSYS in 1987, Mr. Woods has guided the company’s diversification strategy into faster growing areas of payments, directed TSYS’ international expansion and introduced its brand promise, People-Centered Payments, based on the belief that payments should revolve around people, not the other way around.

Mr. Woods started his career at Columbus Bank and Trust Company (Columbus, Ga.) on a part-time basis in 1970. From 1977 to 1979 he served as Senior Vice President for card services with United American Bank, Knoxville, TN. In 1979 he joined AmSouth Bank in Birmingham, AL, where he eventually became Senior Vice President of Consumer Lending in 1982.

Mr. Woods also serves, or has served, on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Columbus (Ga.), West Georgia Honor Flight and the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Columbus State University, the River Center for the Performing Arts and is currently a member of the Business Roundtable.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Columbus State University and also graduated from the University of Virginia's Graduate School of Retail Bank Management; Louisiana State University's School of Banking of the South; and University of Pennsylvania's CEO Academy at The Wharton School.

Connie D.  McDaniel

Connie D. McDaniel

Ms. McDaniel serves as a director of the Virtus Mutual Fund Family and as its Audit Committee Chair. She previously served as a director of the RidgeWorth Funds where she chaired its Audit Committee. She also served on the board of TSYS as a Director and Audit Committee Chair from 2014 until the closing of the company’s merger with Global Payments in September 2019.

In 2013, Ms. McDaniel retired as Vice President and Chief of Internal Audit of The Coca-Cola Company. Prior to taking on that role in 2009, she served for over 20 years in various capacities with The Coca-Cola Company, including Vice President Global Finance Transformation and Vice President and Controller. Ms. McDaniel also held finance leadership positions with The Coca-Cola Company in Operating Units in both Germany and Thailand.

She is a graduate of Georgia State University.

Cameron Bready

Cameron Bready

Cameron Bready – chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Global Payments – is an experienced global business leader who has served in a variety of top leadership roles at public companies over his nearly 30-year career. Most recently, he was president and chief operating officer for Global Payments, overseeing the company’s worldwide merchant solutions businesses across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, along with worldwide operations, risk management, product and real estate. From 2014 to 2019, Cameron served as the company’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Prior to joining Global Payments in 2014, Cameron served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for ITC Holdings Corp., a publicly-traded electric transmission utility, where he was responsible for the company's accounting, finance, treasury and other related financial functions, as well as its corporate development initiatives. Cameron joined ITC Holdings in April 2009 after serving as vice president of finance at Northeast Utilities and, prior to that, senior vice president at Mirant Corporation.

Cameron has been recognized by Institutional Investor as one of "America's Best CFOs" multiple times, by Crain's Detroit Business as "CFO of the Year" and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as “CFO of the Year” in the large public company category. He is a member of the board of directors of Crawford & Company®, the world’s largest publicly-listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions. Cameron also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Electronic Transactions Association, the leading trade association for the payments industry; chairman of the board of trustees of Oglethorpe University; member of the board of trustees of Pace Academy; and member of the board of directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Cameron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He and his wife, Mary, live in Atlanta with their three children.

F. Thaddeus  Arroyo

F. Thaddeus Arroyo

Thaddeus Arroyo serves as the Chief Strategy and Development Officer of AT&T Inc., LLC. He oversees corporate strategy, corporate development, venture investments and business development, supporting AT&T’s long-term growth. His team is focused on unlocking new opportunities to accelerate organic core connectivity growth as well as pathways to create value beyond connectivity.

He previously served as Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Consumer, where he was responsible for the company’s integrated consumer internet and mobility services organization. His team served more than 196 million wireless subscriber connections and passed nearly 17 million eligible customer locations with fiber internet. Thaddeus also previously served as Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business, where he was responsible for the company's integrated global Business Solutions organization, which served nearly 3 million business customers in nearly 200 countries.

Throughout his career, Thaddeus has held diverse executive positions. He was the CEO of AT&T Mexico, LLC, where he led the expansion of AT&T’s high-speed mobile network and distribution channels across the country. As President-Technology Development, he led the transformation of AT&T’s technology strategy. Under Thaddeus’ leadership as Chief Information Officer (CIO), AT&T was widely recognized for its thought leadership and creativity in technology innovation and execution. Prior to AT&T, he also served as CIO at Cingular Wireless and Senior Vice President of Product Marketing and Development for Sabre Corporation.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) as a Director and Technology Committee Chair. He also serves on the board of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and SMU Cox School of Business Executive Advisory Board. He is a trustee for the Dallas Museum of Art.

Thaddeus has a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Robert H.B.  Baldwin, Jr.

Robert H.B. Baldwin, Jr.

Bob Baldwin, Jr. served as the Vice Chairman of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. from June 2012 until the closing of the company’s merger with Global Payments in April 2016. In this role, he was responsible for key industry relationships, investor relations, information security and customer service operations. He previously held the positions of Heartland’s Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2007 and President from 2007 to 2012.

Prior to joining Heartland, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at COMFORCE Corporation, a publicly-traded staffing company. From 1985 through 1998, Mr. Baldwin was an Investment Banker with Citicorp and Smith Barney, where he served as a Managing Director in Smith Barney’s Financial Institutions advisory business.

He serves on a variety of boards including the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), Communities in Schools in Washington, DC, and Nassau Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Princeton, NJ.

Mr. Baldwin holds a master of business administration degree from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University.

John G.  Bruno

John G. Bruno

John G. Bruno currently serves as a Special Executive Advisor to the CEO of Aon plc (NYSE: AON) where he is also a member of the Executive Committee. Previously, Mr. Bruno served as Chief Operating Officer of Aon plc and CEO of Aon's Data & Analytics Services business unit. In this role, Bruno was responsible for technology and global business operations, working across the firm to drive innovation, productivity, and enhancements in processes and systems to deliver the greatest efficiency and results for colleagues and clients.

He joined Aon in September 2014 as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Innovation and Chief Information Officer. In his time at Aon, Bruno has helped the firm more effectively serve clients by delivering technology solutions that increased colleague productivity and established platforms for growth.

Prior to joining Aon, Bruno was Executive Vice President, Industry & Field Operations and Corporate Development for NCR Corporation, where he led all of NCR’s lines of business inclusive of financial services, retail, hospitality, travel, telecom and technology, interactive printer solutions and small business. As NCR’s Chief Technology Officer, he played a prominent role in the company’s reinvention to a growth oriented hardware-enabled, software-driven business with a focus on innovation and business model transformation. Under his leadership NCR repositioned its brand and marketing approach to align with the company’s reinvention, defining and leading a new technology category of consumer transaction technologies.

Throughout his 25 year career in the technology industry, Bruno has held senior leadership positions with increasing responsibilities with Fortune 500 companies including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Symbol Technologies, and Cisco Systems.

Joia M.  Johnson

Joia M. Johnson

Joia M. Johnson is an experienced corporate executive, as well as public and private company director, most recently having served as chief administrative officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary for Hanesbrands Inc., a leading apparel manufacturer and marketer. She also oversaw legal, corporate social responsibility, human resources, real estate, and government affairs for the company. Ms. Johnson served as executive leader for the Hanesbrands Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee as well as the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee.

From 2001 until 2007, Ms. Johnson served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of RARE Hospitality International, Inc., a publicly traded restaurant franchise owner and operator.

Ms. Johnson’s board experience includes serving within the financial services sector. Currently a board member of Regions Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, Regions Bank, she serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Risk Committee of the Boards. She also currently serves as a board member of Sylvamo Corporation.

Ms. Johnson served on the board of TSYS from 2018 until the closing of the company’s merger with Global Payments in September 2019. In addition, for eight years, Ms. Johnson was a board member for Crawford & Company, the world’s largest independent provider of claims management solutions to the risk management and insurance industry, serving as a member of its Audit Committee. From 2015 to 2019, Ms. Johnson also served as a member of and as Chair of its Compensation Committee. Ms. Johnson was also a member of the board of H.J. Russell & Company, a private real estate construction and property management business, for 15 years.

Ms. Johnson is a board member and past Chair of the American Arbitration Association and a member of the Executive Leadership Council, Society of International Business Fellows and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

She is a graduate of Duke University, earned a master’s degree in business administration from The Wharton School of Business and earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

Kirsten Kliphouse

Kirsten Kliphouse

Kirsten Kliphouse has served as a director of the company since October 2023. Ms. Kliphouse previously served as the President of Google Cloud Americas, a position she held from March 2022 to June 2023, where she was responsible for leading and growing the sales, go-to-market, customer engagement, channel, and services organizations. At Google Cloud, she also served as the Global Chair of the Aspiring Leadership Academy and Women@Google Cloud. Prior to her position as President, Ms. Kliphouse served as President of the North American division of Google Cloud from June 2019 to March 2022. Ms. Kliphouse also serves as a director of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings and as a director of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

Prior to Google Cloud, Ms. Kliphouse was Senior Vice President at Red Hat, Inc., a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation, Chief Executive Officer of Yardarm Technologies, a hardware and software solutions company, and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Scaling Ventures, a technology investment and advisory firm. Prior to her position at Yardarm, Ms. Kliphouse spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, Inc., where she was part of the executive leadership team and held numerous executive positions in Enterprise Sales, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), Partner and Channels, and as Corporate Vice President of Customer Support, Success and Professional Services, during which she led more than 10,000-employees globally. Ms. Kliphouse is a recipient of the Founders Award for her superior leadership and contributions to the business. Ms. Kliphouse holds a degree in Computer Information Sciences and Business from Muhlenberg College.

Ruth Ann  Marshall

Ruth Ann Marshall

Ruth Ann Marshall is a member of the boards of Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF), ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), Pella Corporation and Trustwave. She is active in the community and has served on boards of several civic and academic organizations including the PGA First Tee, the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

In May 2006, Ruth Ann Marshall retired as President of the Americas, MasterCard International, where she was responsible for building all aspects of MasterCard’s issuance and acceptance business in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Americas Region of MasterCard generated more than half of the company’s worldwide volume in 2005.

Ms. Marshall joined MasterCard in 1999 as President of MasterCard North America and was instrumental in growing MasterCard’s share of payments.

Before joining MasterCard, Ms. Marshall served as Group Executive President of two electronic payment service companies, MAC Regional Network and Buypass Corporation. Upon acquisition of these companies by Concord EFS, she became Senior Executive Vice President of the combined companies, where she oversaw marketing, account management, customer service and product development. In April 1999, she was awarded Credit Card Management’s Leader of the New Millennium Award for the payments industry. Ms. Marshall started her career at IBM, where, over 18 years, she served in managerial and executive positions.

In 2004 and 2005, Ms. Marshall was selected by Forbes.com as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Ms. Marshall earned a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Joe Osnoss

Joe Osnoss

Joe Osnoss joined Silver Lake in 2002 and is a Managing Partner. From 2010 to 2014, he was based in London, where he co-led the Firm’s activities in EMEA. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Joe worked in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Advantage and is a director of Carta, Cegid, Clubessential Holdings, EverCommerce, First Advantage, Global Blue, LightBox, Relativity, and Zuora. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cast & Crew and was a director of Cornerstone OnDemand, Instinet, Interactive Data, Mercury Payment Systems, Sabre, and Virtu Financial. Joe graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and a citation in French Language. He has remained involved in academics, including as a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics; a member of the Dean’s Advisory Cabinet at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; and a participant in The Polsky Center Private Equity Council at the University of Chicago.

William B.  Plummer

William B. Plummer

Mr. Plummer currently serves as a business consultant and advisor of United Rentals Inc., a publicly traded equipment rental company. From December 2008 until October 2018, Mr. Plummer served as executive vice president and chief financial officer, where he was responsible for the development of the company’s finance activities, investor relations, and co-led its mergers, acquisitions and divestitures strategies.

Mr. Plummer has more than two decades of financial leadership experience, including positions as chief financial officer of Dow Jones & Company, where he set policy for global finance and corporate strategy. Before that, Mr. Plummer was vice president and treasurer of Alcoa, Inc., where he was responsible for global treasury policy and relationship management with commercial and investment banks. Previously, he held executive positions with Mead Corporation and General Electric Capital Corporation.

In addition to serving on the Global Payments Board, Mr. Plummer serves as director of Mason Industrial Technology, director and audit and compensation committee member of Waste Management, Inc., director of Venture Metals, Inc., and chairman of the board of Cisco Equipment.

Mr. Plummer previously served as a director for John Wiley & Sons, Inc., where he was a member of the audit and technology committees. He also served as a director for UIL Holdings Corporation, where he was a member of the compensation and retirement benefits committees. Finally, Mr. Plummer served as chairman of the board and audit committee member of Nesco Holdings, Inc.

Mr. Plummer holds degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

John T.  Turner

John T. Turner

John T. Turner has served as Chairman of the Board of the W.C. Bradley Co., a privately held consumer products and real estate company, since April 2018. From 1979 until 1999, he served in various capacities with the W.C. Bradley Co. and/or its subsidiaries, including President of Bradley Specialty Retailing, Inc. Mr. Turner continued to serve as a director of the W.C. Bradley Co. from 1999 until 2018 and was also actively involved in initiatives encompassing a variety of entrepreneurial, social and environmental interests.

Mr. Turner served on the board of TSYS from 2003 as a Director and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair until the closing of the company’s merger with Global Payments in September 2019.

He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.