Leslie Nicholson is BITA’s Chief Product Officer, with responsibility for Product Development across indexing, software and data products; as well as Research Teams that produce thematic and ESG data products. 

Previously Head of Indices and ESG Data at Toronto Stock Exchange, Leslie oversaw the rollout of TMX’s inaugural suite of ESG indices and ESG data solutions. An experienced product leader, she has built countless data, analytics and trade execution products in her career spanning twenty-five years with exchanges and financial institutions including Nasdaq, CIBC and PriceMetrix.

Leslie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

She is located in Toronto, Ontario.