NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MSCI
Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) announced today that Kathleen Winters will join the
firm as Chief Financial Officer on May 2, 2016. She will succeed Bob
Qutub, who is retiring from the firm.
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"Kathleen will bring more than 25 years of global finance experience to
MSCI," said Henry Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer. "Her passion for
leading high-performing teams and her deep expertise in developing world
class financial processes and reporting systems make her a perfect fit
for this key leadership position within our growing firm."
Ms. Winters joins MSCI from Honeywell International, where she most
recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the
company's $9 billion Performance Materials and Technologies division. In
her 14 years with Honeywell, Ms. Winters played an important role in
partnering with company leadership to drive business growth and
profitability. She led transformational change in the company's global
finance organization by establishing best-practice processes for
strategic planning, forecasting and budget management. She also oversaw
internal and external financial reporting, acquisition diligence and
financial integration.
"This is an extremely exciting time to join a market leader such as
MSCI, especially with the financial services industry quickly evolving
and offering enormous opportunities for growth," Ms. Winters said. "I
look forward to working with MSCI's leadership team and the Board to
execute on the firm's growth strategy and continue to deliver value to
MSCI's clients and shareholders."
Ms. Winters began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held
various positions from 1989 to 2001, last serving as a senior manager
within the Technology Information Communications and Entertainment
practice. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
Boston College.
About MSCI
For more than 40 years, MSCI's research-based indexes and analytics have
helped the world's leading investors build and manage better portfolios.
Clients rely on our offerings for deeper insights into the drivers of
performance and risk in their portfolios, broad asset class coverage and
innovative research. Our line of products and services includes indexes,
analytical models, data, real estate benchmarks and ESG research.
MSCI serves 97 of the top 100 largest money managers, according to the
most recent P&I ranking. For more information, visit us at www.msci.com.
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