Brian Stafford (businessman)

Brian Stafford is an American businessman and the CEO of Diligent Corporation, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company for enterprise governance.[1][2][3]

Brian Stafford
Alma materWharton School
University of Chicago
OccupationCEO of Diligent Corporation
Spouse(s)Céliné Dufétel

Education

Stafford graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and subsequently obtained a master's degree in computer science from the University of Chicago.[1][4]

Career

Stafford founded and led CarOrder, an automotive company and division of Trilogy Software based in Austin, Texas, and served as the company's president and CEO.[1][5]

He subsequently became a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he founded and led the company's Growth Stage Tech Practice. At McKinsey, he focused on developing SaaS companies.[1]

Stafford is also co-founder of Blue Collective, an investment firm based in New York.[6]

Diligent

Since March 2015, Stafford has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Diligent Corporation, a company specializing in enterprise governance management software and one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies.[1][7][8]

He was appointed to the board of directors, effective on March 31, 2015, and has since served as President and Chief Executive Officer.[9]

Under Stafford's leadership, Diligent's annual revenues grew from $80 million in 2015 to $200 million in 2018, thus making it one of today's most successful SaaS companies. During his tenure, Diligent also launched Governance Cloud, an integrated and secure enterprise governance management solution.[10][11]

Additional affiliations and memberships

Stafford is a member of the board of trustees of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[12]

Awards and recognitions

Stafford was honored as one of the 100 most influential leaders in corporate governance by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) in 2018,[2] 2019 and 2020.[13]

Personal life

Stafford is married to Céliné Dufétel, current CFO at Checkout.com[14]

Publications
  • Stafford, Brian; Schindlinger, Dottie (2019). Governance in the Digital Age. New York: Wiley. ISBN 1119546702

References
  1. "Brian Stafford, Diligent Corp: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "Diligent CEO Brian Stafford Receives National Recognition for Leadership in Governance". AP NEWS. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  3. "Nine Things To Remember When Baking Security Into Your Tech". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  4. "Brian Stafford, Author at". ChiefExecutive.net. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. "CarOrder: A tough lesson". Automotive News. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  6. "Our Team". Blue Collective. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  7. "Data security: Berlin fears Brainloop takeover could compromise DAX secrets". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  8. "Diligent shares soar 26% after takeover offer valuing company at $941 mln". The National Business Review. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  9. Diligent (2015-03-31). "Diligent Appoints Brian Stafford as Chief Executive Officer". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  10. "Diligent Reaches New Milestone with $200 Million Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) along with Investment from Clearlake Capital Group". www.businesswire.com. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  11. "Diligent Reaches New Milestone with $200 Million ARR | Diligent". Blueprint OneWorld. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  12. "Board of Trustees". BAM.org. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  13. "Diligent CEO Brian Stafford Celebrated as a Leader in Governance for the Third Straight Year". www.businesswire.com. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  14. "Payments startup Checkout.com taps Céline Dufétel as CFO". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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