IPO Edge hosted a fireside chat from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with Brian Stafford, Chief Executive Officer and President at Diligent. Mr. Stafford spoke to Editor-at-Large Jarrett Banks about how Diligent has become the world’s largest governance, risk, compliance and sustainability firm in the industry serving more than 25,000 companies across the globe, why AI is at the top of board agendas in 2024, key recommendations for private companies going public for the first time, and more. Watch the full interview below:
About Diligent
Diligent is the leading GRC SaaS company, empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders to make better decisions, faster. The Diligent One Platform helps organizations connect their entire GRC practice — including governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG — to bring clarity to complex risk, stay ahead of regulatory changes and deliver impactful insights, in one consolidated view. Learn more at diligent.com.
About Brian Stafford
Mr. Brian Stafford serves as Chief Executive Officer & President at Diligent (New York). He is also a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Blue Collective. He co-founded and served as Advisor at GuideVine. At Blue Collective, he is responsible for all day-to-day operations, with a focus on accelerating global growth and incorporating scale into the business in order to seamlessly manage the growth. He previously served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he founded and led their Growth Stage Tech Practice. While there, he concentrated on helping Growth Stage Technology companies scale faster and did extensive work with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, focusing on growth strategy, sales operations and strategy, pricing, international growth strategy, and team building. Prior to his tenure at McKinsey, he was the Founder, President, and CEO of CarOrder, a division of Trilogy Software based in Austin, Texas. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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