London Stock Exchange Group today announced the appointments of Caroline O’Shaughnessy as Global Head of Sales & Marketing and Brian Rosenberg as Managing Director, North America Sales, for the Group’s Information Services businesses.
O’Shaughnessy will assume responsibility for all sales, marketing and client services activities globally for the division and brings more than 20 years of management expertise leading global data and intelligent information providers. She has been at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) since 2008 where she was Managing Director Data Services and prior to that was Global Head of Sales. At DTCC, O’Shaughnessy managed and developed a global enterprise sales capability, leading sales teams in the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. Previously she was Global Head of Alliances and Channel Development, Enterprise at Thomson Reuters for six years. Earlier, she served in a similar role at Interactive Data for eight years.
Rosenberg is a 20-year industry veteran and most recently worked for SunGard Financial Systems as Head of Sales for Hedge Funds and Asset Management in North America. He will take responsibility for the regional sales, asset owner and consultant relationship management, Sedol sales and client services teams. During the previous nine years, he was Executive Director, Head of Analytics Sales, Asset Management at MSCI, and prior to this held key sales roles at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.
O’Shaughnessy will be based in London and report to Mark Makepeace, Group Director of Information Services, LSEG and CEO, FTSE Group. Rosenberg will be based in New York and report to O’Shaughnessy.
Mark Makepeace, Group Director of Information Services, LSEG, said:
“I am delighted to welcome Caroline and Brian to our senior management team in these important global roles within the Group’s Information Services business. Caroline and Brian both have exceptional records of success and bring deep and highly relevant experience to London Stock Exchange Group from similar sales and marketing positions. Their knowledge will be especially important as we continue the integration of the Russell Indexes business into our organisation, which together with FTSE, reinforces our position as a leading global index provider.
“Caroline and Brian will work closely with our regional and global clients to ensure that we continue to provide an unparalleled range of index, information products and analytics across all major asset classes to best meet their investment needs.”