Joel Friedman

Joel Friedman has served as a director of Neustar since 2006. As the former President of the Business Process Outsourcing (“BPO”) organization of Accenture Ltd., a consulting services company, a position he held from 2002 to until his retirement in 2005, Joel Friedman was responsible for overseeing Accenture’s portfolio of BPO businesses as well as fueling new innovation and growth in BPO. He was a member of Accenture’s Board of Directors until February 2005 and also served on that company’s Executive Committee and Global Leadership Council. Over the course of his 34-year career with Accenture, a national consulting firm, Joel Friedman held a variety of senior leadership roles. He was a partner in Accenture’s Corporate Development organization; served as managing general partner of the company’s former venture capital business, Accenture Technology Ventures; led Accenture’s banking and capital markets program; and was instrumental in founding and managing Accenture’s strategy consulting practice. Joel Friedman is also a director, governance committee member and chairman of the finance committee of SVB Financial Group.