Based in Milan, Broggi will be responsible for developing and expanding business strategies for GoldenSource in the region with particular emphasis on helping local clients implement data management strategies to manage risk related to derivates operations, counterparty exposure and fragmented reference data. Broggi reports to Hugh Stewart, vice president of sales and marketing, EMEA and Asia.

Broggi said, "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to represent GoldenSource's solutions in this region. GoldenSource brings many highly sought-after capabilities to the Southern Europe and Middle East Market, delivering Enterprise Data Management solutions that can satisfy all reference data needs of a financial institution on a single and integrated platform."

"GoldenSource has proven expertise in helping financial institutions to put in place a company wide reference data environment for securities, customers and counterparties. This is a tremendous asset for any of the leading banks that are exploring data management challenges and I am excited to be working with them to help achieve these goals," said Broggi.

Before joining GoldenSource, Broggi worked for multi-national Jefferson Wells where he was responsible for driving the sales and marketing strategy for the Italian market. Broggi also held positions at a number of technology firms targeting the financial services industry including: Microstrategy, ORS, Dianos and Brainpower, where he delivered a variety of business critical solutions spanning data provision, risk management and measurement, CRM, front and middle office solutions.

Hugh Stewart, vice president of sales and marketing, EMEA and Asia, said, "Both Southern Europe and the Middle East represent rapidly expanding markets for GoldenSource. Broggi's wealth of experience in serving the capital markets industry will help GoldenSource develop and grow opportunities and better serve customers and partners in the region."

Broggi holds a Masters degree from the SDA Bocconi University in Italy.