The New York Stock Exchange is set to get its first female leader in its 226-year history.

Stacey Cunningham, the NYSE’s chief operating officer, will become the Big Board’s 67th president, the exchange’s parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc. ICE, -1.82% told The Wall Street Journal.

She will start her new role Friday, succeeding Thomas Farley, an ICE veteran who is leaving the Atlanta-based company.