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GoldenSource Hires Gallagher for Sales, Edelstein for Product Role

GoldenSource has bolstered its ranks with the hire of two new senior executives. Ed Gallagher joins as senior vice president, head of sales and client operations for the Americas, and Neil Edelstein is the vendor’s new senior director of product solutions. Gallagher was most recently president and CEO of independent research provider Rapid Ratings, and…

Tim Lind Leaves GoldenSource for Strategy Role at Omgeo, Sees Opportunities to Partner Swift on SSIs

Tim Lind has parted ways with enterprise data management specialist GoldenSource for pastures new at Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned post-trade, pre-settlement solutions provider Omgeo. As Omgeo’s new managing director, strategic planning, Lind reports directly to president and CEO Marianne Brown, and is also a member of Omgeo’s executive team. Lind’s move must be viewed as something of…

Markit Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Man Gooch to Head Valuations

An outsourced portfolio valuations service could save the industry significant amounts of money by eliminating duplication of effort by investment banks, custodians and trustees. So believes Jeff Gooch, recently appointed to head Markit Group’s portfolio valuations and trade processing businesses. Gooch joins the Markit executive management team following an 11-year stint at Morgan Stanley, where…

CMA Appoints Peter Vitale Vice President, Sales

CMA, the credit information specialist, has appointed Peter Vitale as vice president, sales for its credit market pricing data (CMA DataVision) and intraday services (CMA QuoteVision). Vitale, previously head of sales at GFI’s Data & Analytics North America Division, will be based in New York, charged with responsibility for sales and account management globally.

Data Explorers Expands Client Relationship Management Team

Securities lending data provider Data Explorers has expanded its London and Boston sales and client services teams. Colette Vernon joins the CRM team in London, and Stephanie Le Blanc joins the Boston team, both reporting to Lucy McIntosh, head of client services. Vernon previously spent more than five years at Clearstream Banking as a senior…

Standard & Poor’s Appoints Burleigh Head of Sales EMEA

Standard & Poor’s has hired Damian Burleigh as head of sales and client service in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Burleigh, previously vice president, sales, Europe for S&P in London, will be responsible for sales and client relationships across Standard & Poor’s range of products and services.

Markit Expands Executive Team with Cameron Hire

Markit Group has appointed Niall Cameron to its executive management team. Cameron joins Markit as an executive vice president and will take responsibility for Markit’s Index Management and Equities businesses. Most recently Cameron was global head of traded markets and member of the global markets executive committee at ABN Amro, where he worked for more…

A-Team Group Scores James Hartley as VP of Research

A-Team Group has hired James Hartley as vice president of research. Prior to joining A-Team, Hartley spent four years as chief technologist at the Software Information Industry Association/Financial Information Services Division (SIIA/FISD). While there, he developed and supported MDDL – the Market Data Definition Language – and facilitated the global conversation on securities processing automation….

CMA Bags Investment Banking Veteran Jav Bose for QuoteVision

CMA, the credit information specialist, has named Jav Bose as director of product management for CMA’s price discovery service, CMA QuoteVision. Bose has nearly 20 years’ experience in trading and technology, working for investment banks including Calyon, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, UBS and HSBC.

… As IDC Hires Andrew McLean as VP, Third Party Content

Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Andrew McLean vice president of third party content. McLean, most recently global head, third party content at Reuters, will be responsible for developing and leading global data procurement and vendor and exchange relationships across Interactive Data.