Interactive Data Corporation announces some re-appointments in the staff. Cort J. Williams will become president of Interactive Data’s sales organization. Roger Sargeant, currently managing director of Interactive Data Europe, will become managing director of international business, effective immediately.
Williams will have responsibility for the Company’s sales, client relationships, and customer service-oriented functions focused on institutional clients. Williams will transition into this role when, as previously announced, Raymond D’Arcy, president, sales and marketing, becomes Interactive Data’s next president and chief executive officer during the first half of 2009. Williams will report directly to D’Arcy in his new role.
Williams, 49, is currently senior vice president of Interactive Data’s Major Accounts and Business Development Groups. He oversees Interactive Data’s sales teams responsible for the Company’s global institutional relationships and its extensive, growing network of redistributors.
Roger Sargeant, 42, will be responsible for leading Interactive Data’s institutional business outside of North America. Among his priorities will be to align the Company’s resources in Asia Pacific more closely with those in Europe and the Middle East. Jim Farrer, managing director of Interactive Data Asia-Pacific, will report directly to Sargeant.
“Ray and Cort have worked together since shortly after Cort first joined Interactive Data’s sales organization 20 years ago,” says Stuart Clark, president and chief executive officer, Interactive Data.
“This long history of collaboration will help provide continuity in the way we approach our customers and manage our client-facing staff. Over the past decade, Cort has played a pivotal role in working with our senior management team to identify opportunities to expand our institutional business, and then helping to lead the initiatives required to realize those opportunities and achieve our growth objectives.”
“Cort’s many contributions over the years include leading the expansion of our redistribution channel, as well as developing and implementing the centralized framework we now rely upon to enhance and expand our relationships with many of our largest and most strategic institutional customers,” says Ray D’Arcy, current president, sales and marketing, Interactive Data.
“Cort will join an accomplished, experienced senior management group that is focused on implementing the strategies and tactics that we believe will fuel our growth worldwide and bring compelling value to all stakeholders.”
“I look forward to working with my colleagues across Interactive Data to further fortify the trust that our institutional customers continue to place in Interactive Data,” says Cort J. Williams.
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