Ivaliotis will be responsible for developing the overall brand and marketing strategy for Interactive Data.

"We are very pleased that Mary has joined Interactive Data," said Stuart Clark, president and chief executive officer of Interactive Data Corporation. "By increasing Interactive Data's brand awareness throughout the financial community, we believe Mary will help us fortify our leadership position in the back office, while we continue to deepen relationships with clients and expand our business in the front and middle offices. The addition of Mary to Interactive Data strengthens our executive management team, and will help us better leverage the resources across our businesses to achieve our short- and long-term growth objectives."

"I am excited by the opportunity to develop a unified brand for Interactive Data that will effectively communicate the strength of the company as a whole," said Mary Ivaliotis, vice president and chief marketing officer of Interactive Data Corporation. "Our objective is to help clients better understand the value that Interactive Data provides through our FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS BondEdge and eSignal businesses. I believe this will help clients more effectively utilize our market-leading offerings to overcome business challenges and achieve their goals."

Ivaliotis has nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently serving as executive vice president of global markets at Telerate. In this position, she was responsible for all of Telerate's products and content sold worldwide, as well as marketing communications. Prior to her tenure at Telerate, Ivaliotis held a number of executive and marketing positions at Bridge Information Systems and Dow Jones Markets.

This appointment is effectively immediately. Ivaliotis will report directly to Raymond D'Arcy, president of sales, marketing and institutional business development at Interactive Data Corporation.