Debra Perry is a financial professional with broad executive and board-level experience in corporate governance, risk oversight, and financial analysis. She served on the boards of six NYSE-listed financial and professional services companies and two mutual fund complexes, chairing Audit, Risk, Compensation, and Governance Committees.

Ms. Perry most recently served on the boards of Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a Fortune 500 global specialty property and casualty insurer, where she chaired the Finance & Risk Committee; Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY), a global organizational consulting firm and leader in executive recruitment and talent management, where she chaired the Audit Committee; and the Bernstein Funds, a private client mutual fund complex sponsored by AllianceBernstein, where she chaired the Board from 2018 to 2023.

Prior to her board service, Ms. Perry was a senior executive at Moody's, where she managed several ratings divisions and served as Chief Administrative Officer, with primary responsibility for executing the spin-off of Moody's from The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Following the defaults of Enron and WorldCom, she led the recalibration of $3 trillion of corporate debt ratings and introduced enhancements to Moody's fundamental analysis, including a focus on the quality of issuers' corporate governance and public financial reporting. Earlier in her career, she worked in fixed income research, capital markets, and multinational lending in New York, Paris, and London.

Ms. Perry is a member of the CEO Center of The Conference Board and the Economic Club of New York. She also serves on the boards of two New York-based nonprofits supporting French performing arts organizations.