Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Trailblazer (Lifetime Achievement)—Debra Walton, Thomson Reuters

Walton leads a team of approximately 1,200 and is responsible for setting the strategy and managing the operations of Thomson Reuters’ data and intelligent information resources. She is a member of the firm’s financial and risk division’s executive leadership team and is the executive sponsor of the Thomson Reuters Women’s Network.

“We have had a long-standing commitment to diversity—I founded the Women’s Network at Thomson Financial back in 2003,” Walton says. “Having a women’s network and