London – Markit Group Limited, an independent mark-to-market pricing and asset valuations company, announced Monday the appointment of Will Meldrum as Director of Acquisitions and Strategic Development.
Meldrum, who will be based in London, will focus on the firm’s global acquisition strategy and the development of growth opportunities in Europe.
Prior to joining Markit, Meldrum worked at Deutsche Bank for four years, as director and head of global markets strategic investments. In this role, he managed Deutsche Bank’s interests with a key focus on industry consortia, electronic trading systems and data. In August 2003, he worked on Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs’ sale of RED (Reference Entity Database) to Markit.
Before Deutsche Bank, Meldrum worked at Barclays Capital as a manager in the Telecoms, Media and Technology team and Barclays private equity sector.
He holds an MA from Edinburgh University and an MBA from London Business School.
“My new role at Markit is a natural extension of my previous role in which I participated in the growth of companies as a non-executive board member and customer,” Meldrum said in a statement. “At Markit, I shall be taking on deeper executive responsibilities and I look forward to working with the management team to identify and develop strategic initiatives.”