Biography

Mr. Manning became a member of our Board in 2014 and serves on our Audit Committee. He is currently a Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Mr. Manning served as Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of Dun & Bradstreet from February 2018 to August 2018 and then served as Chief Executive Officer from August 2018 to February 2019, when the company completed its privatization and sale transaction. Prior to his operating role, he had served as a board director from 2013 until 2016, when he became Lead Director and Chair of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Manning has been a Lecturer in Law at The University of Chicago Law School, teaching courses on corporate governance, private equity and U.S.-China relations, and innovative solutions, since 2012. Mr. Manning is also a Senior Advisor to The Demand Institute, a joint venture of The Conference Board and The Nielsen Company, and an Affiliated Partner of Waterstone Management Group. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Asia Operations & Advisory Limited, a subsidiary of Cerberus Capital Management, a global private equity firm, from 2010 to 2012, Chief Executive Officer of Indachin Limited from 2005 to 2009, Chairman of China Board of Directors Limited from 2005 to 2010, and a senior partner with Bain & Company and a member of Bain’s China board and head of Bain’s information technology strategy practice in the Silicon Valley and Asia from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Manning served as Global Managing Director of the Strategy & Technology Business of Capgemini, Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini Asia Pacific, and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young Consulting Asia Pacific, where he led the development of consulting and IT service and outsourcing businesses across Asia from 1996 to 2003. Early in his career, Mr. Manning was with McKinsey & Company, Buddy Systems, Inc. and CSC Index. Mr. Manning is also a director of Clear Media Limited (where he is Chair of the Remuneration Committee) and a director and Chairman of Cresco Labs. He previously served as a director of iSoftStone Holdings Limited, GOME Electrical Appliances Company, AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. and Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.