Tom Glocer joined Reuters Group in New York in 1993 as Vice President and Deputy Counsel, Reuters America and was appointed Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Reuters America Holdings in 1995. In 1997 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Reuters Latin America, with responsibility for Reuters operations in Central and South America. In 1999 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Reuters America. In February 2000 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Reuters Information.

He was appointed to the Reuters Board in June 2000 and became Chief Executive of Reuters Group PLC in July 2001.

Tom is a menber of the Corporate Council of the Whitney Museum, The Corporate Advisory Group of the Tate Museum, The Madison Council of the Library of Congress, the Leadership Champions Group (Education) of Business in the Community and of the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute of Cambridge University.

Prior to joining Reuters, Tom was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, Paris and Tokyo. He also has business start-up experience in the development of software for educational games.

Tom was born on 8 October 1959. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University and a JD from Yale Law School.

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