Lafayette Cope

Lafayette Cope serves as the Senior Vice President of Technology at NielsenIQ since March 2021 and has held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Technology at Nielsen since February 2013. In these roles, Lafayette is responsible for overseeing business transformation and technology strategy, delivering global solutions across over 90 countries, and supporting more than 12,000 clients. Previously, Lafayette was Senior Vice President, Technology Development at Citi, where responsibilities included strategy and deployment of software for the North America Cards Division and managing a team of over 500 technical professionals. Lafayette's career also includes roles in project implementation and operational oversight at Citi. Education includes a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.