Definitive Healthcare Appoints Clay Ritchey as CEO (Form 8-K)

Definitive Healthcare Appoints Clay Ritchey as CEO

Mr. Ritchey brings more than 25 years of deep healthcare expertise to Definitive

Framingham, MA (September 2, 2026) - Definitive Healthcare Corp. ("Definitive Healthcare") (Nasdaq: DH), an industry leader in healthcare market data and analytics, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Clay Ritchey as the Company's next Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, each effective September 8, 2026. Mr. Ritchey succeeds Kevin Coop, who departed as CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective August 31, 2026. Mr. Coop had served as CEO since June 2024.

Jason Krantz, Chairman of the Board of Definitive Healthcare, said, "We are excited to welcome Clay as our new CEO. He is a visionary leader with more than 25 years of experience across the healthcare master data and technology markets. Clay has a proven track record of generating faster, durable, and profitable growth in his prior senior leadership roles. In addition, Clay has a deep conviction that AI is posed to fundamentally reshape healthcare and that Definitive Healthcare is uniquely positioned to lead that shift as the industry's premier healthcare commercial intelligence player."

Mr. Ritchey joins Definitive Healthcare after most recently serving as CEO of Verato, a leading healthcare master data management company. Prior to Verato, he held senior leadership positions at multiple healthcare focused companies, including as CEO of Evariant prior to its acquisition by Healthgrades, as CMO of Imprivata and CEO of Equinox Healthcare. Earlier in his career he held senior marketing and go-to-market positions with Hill-Rom and Kronos.

"I'm thrilled to be joining Definitive Healthcare to help accelerate the company's return to growth," said Mr. Ritchey. "Definitive Healthcare operates in a large and attractive market where our proprietary datasets and growing portfolio of solutions help customers solve critical business challenges that create extraordinary value. And with the upcoming release of our new AI powered platform, which combines our best-in-class healthcare data with conversational AI and workflows, our customers will be able to gain even more leverage and value from our powerful data assets. I'm excited to hit the ground running alongside our customers and employees to innovate faster and deliver consistent top and bottom-line growth."

About Definitive Healthcare

Definitive Healthcare is a data and analytics company focused on the business side of healthcare. The healthcare market is complex - our data makes it clearer. We cut through the noise to deliver the insights that healthcare organizations and companies need to make smarter, faster, more strategic decisions. Because when our customers succeed, healthcare gets better for everyone. Learn more at definitivehc.com.