Candice Dott

South Africa

Occupational Information

Job Title: Global Head of Sales Readiness -Trading and Enterprise Data at Refinitiv

Professional History

Candice is Global Head of Sales Readiness -Trading and Enterprise Data at Refinitiv, an LSEG business. She is an accomplished pan-African leader with 20 years’ experience in global financial services. Prior to that, she was head of market development at Thomson Reuters, Candice was responsible for leading all market and product development, exchange, and contributed content across the Sub-Saharan Africa Financial and Risk business sectors. She has extensive global sales, business development, and management experience, having worked in London, Holland, and Dubai in senior sales and relationship management roles. Candice is passionate about a customer-centric view of strategy and business, ensuring that the voice of the market and customer is heard in every decision. She’s committed to mentoring, development, and growth of graduates, professionals, and leaders across Africa, and firmly believes that the future of this continent depends on its talent.

She runs the Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion program across Africa. Candice works closely with African stock exchanges, industry leaders, and associations to drive socially-responsible investing; environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria; and, gender equality and diversity across the African continent. Candice fosters innovation programs with clients and partners to co-create innovative digital content capabilities at the intersection of fintech and platform solutions across Africa.

Program

2017 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow

 Additional Tags: Global Sales, Trading, Stock Exchange, Finance, Market Development, Business Development, Management