We are Equifax

Mark Begor was named Chief Executive Officer of Equifax and a member of the Board of Directors in April 2018.

Before joining Equifax, Begor served as a Managing Director in the Industrial and Business Services group at Warburg Pincus, a $40 billion growth-focused private equity firm with more than 120 portfolio companies. He also served for two years as a member of the Board of Directors at FICO.

Prior to that, Begor spent 35 years at General Electric, most recently as President and CEO of GE’s $8 billion energy management business. Before leading GE Energy Management, Mark was President and CEO of GE Capital Real Estate. He also served as President and CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance (Synchrony Financial), successfully guiding it through a period where the business doubled in size.

Begor was a Senior Vice President and member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council for 10 years and a GE officer for 19 years. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at NBCUniversal Media and as GE's Investor Relations leader, where he oversaw a large number of acquisitions and dispositions.

Begor has served on the Board of Directors at NCR Corporation since February 2020 and was elected Independent Lead Director in March 2021. He is also on the Board of Trustees at both Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation.

Begor is a graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing, and he has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Rudy Ploder is President of Workforce Solutions. This Equifax business unit is a leading provider of human resource, compliance, analytics and verification services. An insights-driven organization, Workforce Solutions helps U.S. employers strategically manage their workforces and also helps credit lenders effectively mitigate risk.

Prior to leading Workforce Solutions, Ploder led U.S. Information Solutions at Equifax and was responsible for all U.S.-based services that provide businesses with consumer and commercial information and insights, specifically related to risk management, fraud, marketing and a variety of industry-specific solutions. Ploder also led the company’s International unit, with responsibility for all aspects of operations in 11 countries in Latin America, Europeand Canada.

Prior to Equifax, Ploder held executive positions with MCI, SkyTel Communications, MobileComm and SBC Communications, where he served in both corporate development and expansion-focused roles. 

Ploder holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and a master’s degree in business administration from Kansas State University.

Lisa Nelson is President of International at Equifax, accountable for more than $1 billion of annual revenues across 24 countries. She and her team provide consumer services and deliver insights fueled by unique data, analytics and technology to customers across several industries that include financial services, telco/utility, government, auto and corporate clients.

Previously, Nelson acted as Managing Director for two of the largest international regions, Canada and Australia/New Zealand. Most recently, she reinvigorated the recently acquired Australia/New Zealand business by focusing on customers and engaging the team in Equifax's global transformation initiative.

Prior to joining Equifax, Nelson was Vice President of Global Scoring Solutions for FICO, overseeing the sale and delivery of scoring services to clients worldwide. While at FICO, she held a variety of executive leadership positions within market strategy, product management, direct and channel partner sales, regulatory compliance and business operations. In addition to her work at FICO, Nelson held executive positions with FIS and Deluxe Corporation.

Nelson is a graduate of University of Minnesota, and earned her master’s degree in New Venture Management at the University of St. Thomas.