Stephen C. Daffron

Stephen is a Co-Founder and Industry Partner at Motive Partners since 2016, a specialist private equity firm focused on financial technology businesses and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BetaNXT, a Motive Partners portfolio company and an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and outsourcing solutions.

Dr. Daffron also recently served as the President of Dun & Bradstreet, a position he held from 2019 to 2021, also a Motive Partners portfolio company. Dr. Daffron has served on the Board of Motive Capital Corp II since 2021.

Prior to joining Motive Partners, Dr. Daffron served from 2013 to 2015 as the Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Data. Prior to Interactive Data, Dr. Daffron was the Global Head of Technology, Operations, and Data at Morgan Stanley from 2008 to 2013. Before returning to the sell-side, Dr. Daffron was Chief Operating Officer at Renaissance Technologies. Prior to this, Dr. Daffron worked for Goldman Sachs from 1993 to 2003, initiated the re-engineering of operations and technology functions across payments, derivative processing, credit risk/collateral control, and investment management.

Dr. Daffron earned a B.S. from the United States Military Academy, and an MBA, MA, M.Ph. and Ph.D. from Yale.