| Cristina Bondolowski |
Cristina Bondolowski is currently the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at MSCI, Inc. She previously worked at The Coca-Cola Co. as the Global Chief Marketing Officer-Sparkling Beverages from 2017 to 2018. She also held the position of Global Head-Marketing at HP Personal Systems Group Co. Ms. Bondolowski holds an MBA from Instituto de Empresa SL and an undergraduate degree from Universidad CEU San Pablo. |
| Alvise Munari |
Alvise Munari is currently the Chief Client Officer at MSCI, Inc. Prior to his current position, he worked at Morgan Stanley as the Global Head of Equity Derivatives Sales from 2010 to 2014. Dr. Munari holds a graduate and doctorate degree from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics & Political Science. |
| Ashley Lester |
Ashley Lester is currently the Chief Research Officer at MSCI, Inc. and the Global Head of Research at MSCI Ltd. Prior to these roles, Ashley held positions as the Head of Systematic Investments at Schroder Investment Management Ltd., Schroder & Co. Ltd., and Schroders Plc. Ashley holds a doctorate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from The University of Sydney. |
| Remy Briand |
Remy Briand is currently the Chief Product Officer at MSCI, Inc. He previously worked at Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management as the Manager-Equity Portfolio & Head-Research. Mr. Briand holds an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris and a graduate degree from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon. |
| Tia Counts |
Tia Counts is currently the Chief Diversity Officer at MSCI, Inc. and is also a Member of the New York State Bar Association. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and her graduate degree at Columbia Law School. |
| Jigar Thakkar |
Jigar Thakkar is currently the Chief Technology Officer & Head-Engineering at MSCI, Inc. Prior to this, he worked at Microsoft Corp. as a Vice President from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Thakkar received a graduate degree from the University of Southern California in 1997 and an undergraduate degree from the University of Baroda in 1996. |
| Andrew C. Wiechmann |
Andrew C. Wiechmann is currently the Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at MSCI, Inc. He started this position in 2023. Prior to his current role, he obtained an undergraduate degree from Hamilton College (New York). |
| Scott A. Crum |
Scott A. Crum is the Chief Human Resources Officer at MSCI, Inc. He previously held senior HR positions at ITT Corp., Avon Products, Inc., Motorola, Inc., General Instrument Corp., Motorola SpinCo Holdings Corp., Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc., and Motorola Mobility LLC. He also served as Chairman-Montgomery County Walk at JDRF International. Crum earned his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in 1978. |
| Robert J. Gutowski |
Robert J. Gutowski is currently working as the General Counsel at MSCI, Inc. since 2020. Previously, he worked as an Attorney at Rogers & Wells LLP. He also had a brief stint at Clifford Chance LLP. Mr. Gutowski completed his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University in 1990 and obtained his graduate degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1999. |
| Henry A. Fernandez |
Henry A. Fernandez is the founder of Ferco Partners, Inc. (founded in 1976). He is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Riskmetrics Group LLC (since 2010) and the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at MSCI, Inc. (since 2017). He also holds positions as Director at The Hoover Institution, Director at Foreign Policy Association, Director at Latino Donor Collaborative, Lead Independent Director at Royalty Pharma Plc (since 2021), and Trustee at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Stanford University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. In the past, he worked as a Managing Director-Institutional Equity Division at Morgan Stanley (1983-1991) and served as President at HispaniMedia LP (1993-1994). He has also held positions as a Director at American Nicaraguan Foundation, Inc. and as a Trustee at Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, Georgetown University, Browning School, Inc., and Trinity Episcopal School Corp. Dr. Fernandez holds a doctorate degree from Princeton University, an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University (conferred in 1979), and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit |
Carroll Douglas Baer Pettit is currently the Chairman at Index Industry Association. He is also a Director at Investment Property Databank Ltd. and holds the position of President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at MSCI, Inc. Carroll's former job includes being the Head-European Sales Organization at Bloomberg LP from 1992 to 1999. He completed his graduate degree at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1985 and obtained another graduate degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1987. |
| Robin L. Matlock |
Robin L. Matlock is an Independent Director at Iron Mountain, Inc., MSCI, Inc., Cohesity, Inc., and People.ai, Inc. She is also a Director at Dremio Corp. Matlock previously worked as Senior Vice President-Marketing at Entercept Security Technologies, Inc., Senior Vice President-Field Marketing at McAfee LLC, Executive Vice President & General Manager at Imperva, Inc., and Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at VMware, Inc. She received her undergraduate degree from Rice University. |
| Rajat Taneja |
Rajat Taneja is an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc. since 2021 and President-Technology at Visa, Inc. since 2019. He previously served as an Independent Director at ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at Electronic Arts, Inc. from 2011 to 2013, and Vice President-Commerce Division at Microsoft Corp. from 2011 to 2011. Mr. Taneja holds an MBA from Washington State University and an undergraduate degree from Jadavpur University. |
| Paula J. Volent |
Paula Volent currently holds multiple positions as an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc., 1stdibs.com, Inc., and as the Chief Investment Officer & Vice President at The Rockefeller University and Rockefeller University Endowment. She also serves as a Trustee at Standards Board For Alternative Investments Ltd. In the past, she worked as the Vice Chairman & Advisor at Yale School of Management, Chief Investment Officer & Senior VP-Investments at Bowdoin College, and as an Advisor at National Gallery of Art, Pritzker Family Foundation, and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Ms. Volent holds a graduate degree from New York University and an undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire. She also holds an MBA from Yale School of Management. |
| Wayne Edmunds |
Wayne Edmunds is an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Invensys Ltd. and the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Signature Aviation Ltd. He also served as the Non-Executive Chairman at Dialight Plc and as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Ashtead Group Plc. Earlier in his career, he was the Vice President-Finance at Lucent Technologies, Inc. and the Senior Vice President-Finance at Reuters America Holdings, Inc. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at Invensys Process Systems, Inc. and Innovance Networks, Inc. Edmunds holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and an MBA from Pace University. Currently, he is an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc. |
| Marcus L. Smith |
Marcus L. Smith currently works at First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., as Independent Director, First Industrial LP, as Director from 2021, MSCI, Inc., as Independent Director from 2017, and various other companies. Mr. Smith also formerly worked at Massachusetts Financial Services Co., as Investment Officer & Director of Equity from 2012 to 2017, DCT Industrial Trust, Inc., as Independent Director from 2017 to 2018, MFS Investment Management Foundation, Inc., as Portfolio Manager & Equity Director-Canada from 2012 to 2017, and various other companies. Mr. Smith received his undergraduate degree in 1988 from the University of Mount Union and Masters Business Admin degree in 1994 from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Robert G. Ashe |
Robert G. Ashe is currently the Lead Independent Director at MSCI, Inc., the Lead Independent Director at Shopify, Inc., an Advisor at Georgian Partners Growth, and an Executive Partner at Bridge Growth Partners LLC. He previously served as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Cognos ULC from 2005 to 2008. He was also an Independent Director at Concentrix SREV, Inc. from 2013 to 2020, the Lead Independent Director at Saba Software (Canada), Inc. from 2013 to 2017, and the General Manager-Business Analytics at International Business Machines Corp. from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Ashe obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Ottawa. |
| Catherine R. Kinney |
Catherine R. Kinney is currently serving as a Director at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., an Independent Director at MetLife, Inc., an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc., a Director at ShareGift USA, the Lead Independent Director at SolarWinds Corp., a Director at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Inc., a Director at MetLife Services & Solutions LLC, an Advisor at StarVest Management Inc, a Member of The Economic Club of New York, a Member of Women's Forum, Inc., and a Trustee at The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. In the past, Ms. Kinney held positions as a Director at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., an Independent Director at NetSuite, Inc., a Director at QualityTech LP, an Independent Director at QTS Realty Trust, Inc., a Director at New York City Ballet, Inc., a Director at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., the President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at NYSE Group, Inc., a Trustee at Georgetown University, the Co-President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at NYSE Euronext, Inc., and the President & Co-Chief Operating Officer at Euronext FX, Inc.Ms. Kinney completed her undergraduate degree at Iona College. |
| Chirantan C. J. Desai |
Chirantan C. J. Desai is an Independent Director at MSCI, Inc. since 2024 and the President & Chief Operating Officer at ServiceNow, Inc. since 2016. Previously, he worked as the Director-Product Development at Oracle Corp. from 1995 to 2002, Independent Director at Zebra Technologies Corp. from 2015 to 2023, President-Emerging Technologies Division at EMC Corp. from 2013 to 2016, Senior Vice President-Information Management Group at Gen Digital Inc. from 2004 to 2013, Vice President-Product Development at Pivotal Corp. from 2002 to 2004, Senior Vice President & General Manager at The Mobility Group, Inc. in 2011-2012, and Executive Vice President at Symantec, Inc. from 2004 to 2013. He also worked as a Principal at Pivotal Advantage LLC. Mr. Desai holds a graduate degree and an MBA from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign. |
| Jacques Pierre Perold |
Jacques Pierre Perold is the founder of Capshift Advisors LLC, which was founded in 2018. He is currently the Chairman of World Music, Inc., an Independent Director of The Allstate Corp., Allstate Insurance Co., and MSCI, Inc. He is also a Director of MP and CapShift LLC, and a Trustee of MainStay Funds, MainStay Funds Trust, MainStay VP Funds Trust, Mainstay Mackay Definedterm Municipal Opportunities Fund, Partners In Health, and MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Term Fund. Mr. Perold was the President of Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC from 1986 to 2014 and the President & Chief Investment Officer of Geode Capital Management LLC from 2001 to 2009. He was also the Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Asset Management, Inc. Mr. Perold was a Trustee of Boston University from 2014 to 2019. He was a Member-Governors Board of Investment Company Institute. Mr. Perold received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cape Town. |
| Linda H. Riefler |
Linda H. Riefler is currently an Independent Director at CSX Corp., NAPA Management Services Corp., MSCI, Inc., and North American Partners in Anesthesia LLP. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley as the Chairman-Global Research from 2011 to 2013 and as the Global Head of Research at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. Ms. Riefler received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1983 and her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987. |
| Sandy Campbell Rattray |
Sandy Campbell Rattray currently works at MSCI, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020. Mr. Rattray also formerly worked at AHL Partners LLP, as Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2017, Man Strategic Holdings Ltd., as Manager-Headge Funds, Man Investments Ltd., as Chief Investment Officer from 2020 to 2021, Man Solutions Ltd., as Chief Investment Officer from 2016 to 2021, Man Group Ltd., as Chief Investment Officer from 2016 to 2021, Man Group Plc (Jersey), as Chief Investment Officer, Man Group Investments Ltd., as Chief Investment Officer from 2016 to 2021, and GLG Partners LP, as Portfolio Manager from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Rattray received his graduate degree from Jesus College Cambridge. |
