As President, Cunningham will oversee the NYSE Governance Services’ mission to provide best-in-class board education, leading compliance tools and services, such as codes of conduct and ethics training, while promoting collaboration and sharing of best-practices to support clients’ governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements. She reports to NYSE President Thomas Farley.

“The NYSE has stood for excellence in corporate governance for over 200 years and NYSE Governance Services is a natural extension of that focus, while meeting growing demand for GRC services. I am confident that Stacey’s background in serving customers in the financial markets will accrue to the benefit of our customers as she leads the next step in the expansion of our services,” said Thomas W. Farley, NYSE President.

“The conversation around today’s governance, risk and compliance landscape has become a significant focus in the boardroom and is increasingly a core focus for organizations of all size, maturity and geography,” said Cunningham. “I look forward to supporting the continued growth of our business based on the evolving GRC requirements of our clients around the world.”

Cunningham most recently was the Head of Sales & Relationship Management for NYSE Group. Prior to that, she served in a similar role at Nasdaq OMX.

NYSE Governance Services provides governance, compliance and ethics tools, training and content at every level of an organization - from employee to directors - and has been a trusted leader for more than 15 years in the governance space, providing services to more than 650 companies globally.