EDM Council Board of Directors Elect Citi’s Bottega Chairman
Fifteen global financial services institutions have elected to join the EDM Council’s board of directors. As part of the expansion, the new board has elected John Bottega, chief data officer, Citi Markets & Banking, as its chairman. Bottega succeeds Mike Meriton, CEO, GoldenSource, and founding member of the EDM Council in the role of chairman....
CMA Names Paul Vickery Director, Support, Client Services
CMA, provider of credit information, has appointed Paul Vickery as director of support and client services, with a brief to enhance the service CMA provides to its global client base. Vickery joins CMA from GFI, where he was global support and professional services manager.
Swift Shifts Reference Data Strategy Personnel
Swift has made some changes to the personnel handling its reference data strategy. The co-operative has appointed Paolo Bernini head of information products of which reference data is an important component, it says. Peter O’Keefe meanwhile has moved from product management to markets, with responsibility for defining Swift’s reference data strategy – with a particular...
GoldenSource Appoints Hugh Stewart VP of Sales, EMEA and Asia
EDM solutions provider GoldenSource has hired Hugh Stewart as vice president of sales of EMEA and Asia, reporting to Neil Vanlint, senior vice president, client operations, EMEA and Asia. Most recently, Stewart served as founder and director of Oroboros, an investment and commercial banking consultancy and advisory company focused on risk management, derivatives and commercial...
Citadel Gets New CEO, Peter Little
As reported in Reference Data Review‘s sister title A-Team IQ this quarter, buy side focused EDM vendor Citadel has a new investor and CEO – Peter Little. Little’s arrival follows the departure of former managing director Jean Williams, after a disagreement between her and the other Citadel directors about the future direction of the company. Little...
Markit Names Sally Clarke Global Head of Marketing
Markit, provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing, has appointed Sally Clarke as global head of marketing. Prior to joining Markit, Clarke worked at SunGard for seven years in various marketing roles.
XSP CTO Retzer Joins Alabama Information Technology Association Board
Daniel Retzer, managing director and chief technology officer at Birmingham, Alabama-based corporate actions software vendor XSP, has been named to the board of directors of the Alabama Information Technology Association (AITA).
Swiss Financial Market Services Group Appoints Gomez Chairman, Rüegsegger CEO
Following the unanimous approval for the merger of the three companies SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group, the new Swiss Financial Market Services Group has appointed Peter Gomez (to date chairman of the SWX Association as well as the board of directors of the SWX Group) as chairman of the board. The board will...
Data Management Sales Head John Wallis Leaves SunGard
John Wallis, formerly head of EMEA sales for SunGard Data Management Solutions, has departed the vendor for pastures new. He came into the SunGard fold when the software giant acquired Fame Information Services in late 2003. Wallis’s departure follows the ejection from SunGard late last year of high profile EDM figures Marc Odho and Rob...
Aubrey Leaves Thomson for Fitch, Plans End to End Solution for Fixed Income Derivatives Data, Analytics
In a move that has surprised some industry observers, Thomas Aubrey has joined Fitch Ratings as a managing director in its global business development team. Aubrey comes from Thomson Financial, where he had been director of investment management for more than three years. Despite having been tipped for a plum role in the new Reuters...