Equifax Appoints Trey Loughran as Chief Marketing Officer

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Mar 31, 2015, 04:05 ET

ATLANTA, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today appointed Joseph M. 'Trey' Loughran, age 47, as Chief Marketing Officer, succeeding Paul Springman, age 69, who has retired after 24 years of service.

"Over the past decade as CMO, Paul built out a world-class Marketing organization which is enabling us to deliver on our vision of becoming an insights-driven company," said Richard F. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "I wish him and his family the best as he moves into this next chapter of his life. Paul has been a trusted leader and friend who touched numerous areas of the company during his tenure. We warmly thank him for his many contributions to our business."

Smith continued, "Our focus on investing in top talent and building internal bench-strength is one of the ways we ensure seamless succession planning. As a result, I am pleased we can immediately transition CMO responsibilities to Trey who brings a wealth of experience to the role. Trey will continue to report to me with a global span of control across all core Marketing functions including product management and innovation, data and analytics, brand, communications, pricing, and strategic marketing."

Loughran joined Equifax in 2007 as a member of the Senior Leadership Team to lead its Corporate Development and Emerging Markets function. In that capacity, Loughran led the acquisition of TALX Corp. (now Workforce Solutions), the largest to-date in Equifax history, as well as the company's entry into Russia and India. In 2009, Loughran was promoted to President of North American Personal Solutions, which provides credit monitoring and identity protection services to consumers, and which he led to strong growth and margin improvement in a challenging competitive environment.

Prior to joining Equifax, Loughran worked at BellSouth Corporation where he held a number of leadership positions, his last being Managing Director of the company's Corporate Strategy and Planning department. He also served as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Atlanta, and as an attorney with King & Spalding in Atlanta. Prior to attending law school, he was an investment banking analyst with Lazard Frères & Co. in New York. Loughran holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and a juris doctor degree from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Concurrent with Loughran's appointment, Equifax named Assad Lazarus, currently Senior Vice President, Product and Consumer Experience – Personal Solutions, as interim unit leader. Lazarus joined Equifax in 2010 from Reliant Energy and held prior senior roles in the telecommunications industry. Over the past five years, Lazarus has played an integral role in helping to define Personal Solutions' growth strategy.

About Equifax (www.equifax.com)

Equifax is a global leader in consumer, commercial and workforce information solutions that provide businesses of all sizes and consumers with insight and information they can trust. Equifax organizes and assimilates data on more than 600 million consumers and 81 million businesses worldwide. The company's significant investments in differentiated data, its expertise in advanced analytics to explore and develop new multi-source data solutions, and its leading-edge proprietary technology enables it to create and deliver unparalleled customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax operates or has investments in 19 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index. Its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX. In 2014, Equifax was nominated as a Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 50 company; its CIO was listed as one of the top 100 by CIO magazine; and the company was named to the Fintech 100 list, was recognized as a top 20 company to work for by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was named a 2014 InformationWeek Elite 100 Winner. For more information, please visit www.equifax.com.

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