Marion Leslie

Marion is the Managing Director of Refinitiv’s Enterprise business, delivering award-winning market data, platforms and services to the global financial markets.  Leading global businesses and operations at scale, with a strong emphasis on data and technology, are the hallmarks of her 20-plus years in the financial services sector.

Marion’s career highlights include transforming and growing Refinitiv’s global enterprise business, creating a start-up operation in Bangalore (building the Refinitiv office from scratch to 2000 employees) and running global technology and data teams at scale, supported by 1600 experts in 26 countries worldwide.

Regularly representing Refinitiv externally, Marion contributes as a speaker on topics such as data and technology, risk and regulation, diversity and leadership.

In 2017, Marion was named in the Cranfield University Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch Board Report and in 2014 was the winner of the Award for Achievement at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards.

Board member and former Chair of the London Women’s Forum, an exclusive network for senior women working within the financial services sector, she is non-executive director for the UK Hydrographic Office (a Government Trading Fund) and a trustee for Prostate Cancer UK.