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Charles River Names Caroline O’Shaughnessy as Head of EMEA

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Charles River Development (CRD), a State Street Company, has appointed Caroline O’Shaughnessy as senior vice president and head of EMEA with responsibility for all business oversight within the region and collaboration with State Street Alpha, State Street’s global front-to-back office platform.

O’Shaughnessy joins CRD, provider of the Charles River Investment Management Solution, from the London Stock Exchange Group where she was chief client officer and global head of sales and marketing for its Information Services Division, and group head of its Global Strategic Account Programme. She has over 25 years’ experience in high revenue growth businesses including senior global commercial roles with DTCC, Thomson Reuters and Interactive Data.

Spiros Giannaros, president and chief executive officer at Charles River, says: “Caroline’s energy and experience will bring our European organisation to the next level and enable us to continue the growth we are seeing as State Street Alpha enables our customers to develop innovative investment strategies, make better informed investment decisions and streamline business operations.”

O’Shaughnessy adds: “I am delighted to be joining CRD at a time of demand and growth, and am excited about working closely with our Charles River and State Street Alpha customers in EMEA to continue the honest and open partnership model that has brought us success.”

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