MSCI Inc. Board of Directors

Henry A. Fernandez has served as Chairman since October 2007 and has served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director since 1998. Prior to joining MSCI, Mr. Fernandez worked for Morgan Stanley from 1983 to 1991 and since 1994, most recently as a Managing Director in the Institutional Equity Division. Mr. Fernandez holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Benjamin F. duPont has served as Director since February 2008. Mr. duPont is the Founder and President of yet2.com, a business-to-business market for technology and intellectual property. Prior to forming yet2.com in 1999, Mr. duPont held a variety of leadership positions at DuPont for 13 years in their Specialty Chemicals, Fibers and Automotive business units. Mr. duPont holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Tufts University.

Alice W. Handy has served as a Director since December 2009. Ms. Handy is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Investure, an outsourced investment office for a small group of colleges and foundations. Prior to forming Investure, Ms. Handy was the President of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company. Beginning in 1974 and except for the period from November 1988 to January 1990, during which time Ms. Handy served as the State Treasurer of Virginia, she was actively involved in the investment of the endowment and operating funds of the University of Virginia and served over the years as Investment Officer, Assistant Vice President and Treasurer. Ms. Handy is currently the chair of the board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello) and serves on the board of the Bessemer Securities Corporation. Ms. Handy is a graduate of Connecticut College and completed graduate work in economics at the University of Virginia.

Catherine R. Kinney has served as a Director since September 2009. Ms. Kinney retired from NYSE Euronext on March 26, 2009. She had served in Paris, France from July 2007 until 2009, responsible for overseeing the company's global listing program, marketing and branding. From 2002 to 2008, Ms. Kinney was the President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of the New York Stock Exchange Inc. and, following the Archipelago Exchange merger in 2006 and Euronext merger in 2007, the NYSE Group Inc. and NYSE Euronext, respectively. Ms. Kinney held a variety of management positions at NYSE Euronext and its predecessor entities since joining the company in 1974, including client relationships from 1996 to 2007, trading floor operations and technology from 1987 to 1996 and regulation from 2002 to 2004. Ms. Kinney graduated Magna Cum Laude from Iona College and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business. She has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, Fordham University and Rosemont College.

Linda H. Riefler has served as Director since 2005. Ms. Riefler has been the Global Head of Research of Morgan Stanley since 2008 and is a member of Morgan Stanley's Management Committee. She was the Chief Talent Officer of Morgan Stanley from 2006-2008. Ms. Riefler joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and was elected a Managing Director in 1998. Ms. Riefler holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

George W. Siguler has served as a Director since December 2009. Mr. Siguler co-founded Siguler Guff & Company ("Siguler Guff"), a private equity investment organization headquartered in New York with over $8 billion of assets under management. Prior to forming Siguler Guff, Mr. Siguler was a Managing Director of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, the investment arm of Paine Webber. From 1983 to 1984, Mr. Siguler served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for President Reagan. Mr. Siguler was also a founder of the Harvard Management Company, the investment subsidiary of Harvard University, and served as the Associate Treasurer of the University. Mr. Siguler is currently an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a member of the Rand Corporation's Center for Asia Pacific Policy and its Russian Business Leaders Forum. He is also a trustee of the Emerging Market Private Equity Association and a member of the Pacific Pension Institute and the Russell 20-20 Group. Mr. Siguler is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard Business School.

Patrick Tierney has served as a Director since June 2010. Mr. Tierney retired from Reed-Elsevier, where he served on the Board of Directors and Management Committee and had served as the CEO of its Harcourt divisions since 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Tierney served as the CEO of Thomson Financial from 2000 to 2002 and as CEO of the Scientific, Technical, Healthcare, Business Information, Database and select Education business of The Thomson Corporation from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Tierney holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Rodolphe M. Vallee has served as Director since March 2008. Mr. Vallee is the Chairman, CEO and owner of R. L. Vallee, Inc., an energy distribution company. He has held this position from 2007 to present and from 1992 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Vallee was the United States Ambassador to the Slovak Republic. Mr. Vallee holds a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.