Brian Humphries vs Stephen A. Carter

Brian Humphries

CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions

BIO: Brian Humphries is a customer-centric, goal-oriented chief executive with diverse leadership experience, gained from general manager, sales, strategy, finance and operations roles for a number of global technology companies. In his work at Vodafone, Humphries supported national, regional and global organizations, including emerging markets; successfully building and leading highly effective teams to drive growth and market share performance. Humphries joined Vodafone from Dell where he most recently held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of its Infrastructure Solutions Group, based in Boston and Geneva. Previously, he was President of Dell's Global Enterprise Solutions, a group with approximately $15 billion in revenue, and before that he was Vice President and General Manager, EMEA Enterprise Solutions. Before joining Dell, Humphries was with Hewlett-Packard where his roles included Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets; Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development; and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and Chief Executive. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of HP Services. The early part of his career was spent with Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation. He received his Bachelors of Business Administration with Honors, from the University of Ulster in 1996.

Stephen A. Carter

CEO of Informa

BIO: Stephen Carter is the Group Chief Executive of Informa PLC, a leading Business Intelligence, Academic Publishing, Knowledge and B2B Events Group.