Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, has hired Andrew McLean as vice president of third party content. McLean will be responsible for developing and leading global data procurement and vendor and exchange relationships across Interactive Data.
“We are very pleased that Andrew has joined Interactive Data,” said Robin Simpson, senior vice president of content and operations for Interactive Data. “Andrew has a proven track record of building relationships with a broad range of exchanges and other data sources. We believe that he will be instrumental in leading our company-wide efforts to develop and implement data supplier strategies that are designed to help us achieve our objective of continually increasing the breadth and depth of our data offerings while maintaining strong relationships with the sources of data that we distribute.”
McLean, 42, has more than 16 years of experience in the financial data industry. Most recently, he was global head of third party content at Reuters. In that position, McLean was responsible for the global data procurement function of Reuters. Previous to that, McLean was deputy general counsel of Reuters America LLC.
This appointment is effective immediately. McLean reports to Robin Simpson and is based in New York City.