BYALLACCOUNTS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Manager of Software Engineering
Bailey Fox
Communications Director
Abby Rankin
Group Manager, Global PR
To contact members of the PitchBook PR team, please email pr@pitchbook.com.
Job Titles:
- Chief Talent and Culture Officer
Bill Lyons was appointed to the Board in September 2007. He served as president and chief executive officer of American Century Companies, Inc., an investment management company, from September 2000 until his retirement in March 2007. From 1987 to 2000, he served in other capacities at American Century Companies, Inc., including as general counsel, chief operating officer, and president. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of NIC Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University and a juris doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law.
Job Titles:
- President, Sustainalytics
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- President, Global Retirement and Workplace Solutions
Caroline Tsay was elected to the Board in May 2017. She has served as chief executive officer of Compute Software, Inc., an enterprise cloud infrastructure software company, since January 2017. From March 2013 to December 2016, she served as vice president and general manager of software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, an information technology company. From April 2007 to March 2013, she held several product leadership positions across the consumer search, e-commerce, and advertising businesses at Yahoo! Inc., a digital media company. Caroline currently serves on the board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company, and formerly served as a member of the board of directors of Rosetta Stone Inc. and Travelzoo Inc. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and master's degree in management science and engineering, both from Stanford University.
Cheryl Francis was elected to the board of directors of Morningstar in 2002. She has been co-chairman, Corporate Leadership Center, since August 2008 and vice-chairman from 2002 to August 2008. She has been an independent business and financial advisor since 2000. From 1995 to 2000, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, a print media company. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of HNI Corporation and Aon Corporation. Francis holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Job Titles:
- President, Morningstar Wealth Management Solutions
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- President, Credit Ratings
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- Member of the Board
- Chief People Officer of Fastly, Inc
Doniel Sutton has served as chief people officer of Fastly, Inc., a leading provider of global cloud platform services, since September 2020. From March 2017 to April 2019 she served as senior vice president, head of people at PayPal Holdings Inc., an online payments company and served in other capacities within the human resources group during her seven-year tenure at the company. From August 1997 to September 2011, she served in a variety of senior human resource leadership positions with Prudential Financial, Bank of America Corporation and Honeywell International. Doniel was appointed to the board of directors of Ross Stores, Inc., an apparel and home fashion retailer, in March 2021. She holds a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree in business administration in human resources management, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Job Titles:
- Media Relations Associate
Gail Landis was elected to the Board in May 2013. She was a founding partner of Evercore Asset Management, LLC, an institutional asset management firm, and served as managing principal from 2005 until her retirement in December 2011. From 2003 to 2005, she served as head of distribution for the Americas for Credit Suisse Asset Management, the asset management division of Credit Suisse AG. From 1981 to 2002, she served in senior roles with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. and its successor company Alliance Bernstein L.P., a global asset management firm. Gail currently serves on several nonprofit boards and investment committees, including the investment committee of the David Rockefeller Fund. She holds a bachelor's degree in East Asian studies from Boston University and a master's degree in business administration from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Job Titles:
- President, Morningstar Research
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- Marketing and Communications Specialist
Job Titles:
- President, Morningstar Data, Research and Enterprise Solutions & Chief Technology Officer
Joe Mansueto founded Morningstar in 1984 and became executive chairman in 2017. He has served as chairman of the board of directors from the company's inception, and as chief executive officer from 1984 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2016. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer / PitchBook Data, Inc.
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board
Kunal Kapoor, CFA, is chief executive officer of Morningstar. Before assuming his current role in 2017, he served as president, responsible for product development and innovation, sales and marketing, and driving strategic prioritization across the firm.
Since joining Morningstar in 1997 as a data analyst, Kapoor has held a variety of roles at the firm, including leadership positions in research and innovation. He served as director of mutual fund research and was part of the team that launched Morningstar Investment Services, Inc., before moving on to other roles including director of business strategy for international operations, and later, president and chief investment officer of Morningstar Investment Services. During his tenure, he has also led Morningstar.com® and the firm's data business as well as its global products and client solutions group.
Kapoor holds a bachelor's degree in economics and environmental policy from Monmouth College and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago, and served on the board of PitchBook, a private firm that provides a comprehensive private equity and venture capital database, prior to its acquisition by Morningstar in late 2016. Kapoor is also a member of the board of trustees of The Nature Conservancy in Illinois. In 2010, Crain's Chicago Business named him to its annual 40 Under 40 class, a list that includes professionals from a variety of industries who are contributing to Chicago's business, civic, and philanthropic landscape.
Job Titles:
- Media Relations and Executive Communications Associate
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- Media Relations Associate, UK
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- Media Relations Associate
Michael Holt - Chief Strategy Officer
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- Director of Corporate Communications, EMEA
Natasha Moore
Director of Corporate Communications, EMEA
Mia Simpson
Media Relations Associate, UK
To contact members of the EMEA Media Relations team, please email
ukmedia@morningstar.com
Job Titles:
- Director of Sales Operations
Robin Diamonte was appointed to the Board in December 2015. She is the chief investment officer of Raytheon Technologies Corp., the aerospace defense company formed in 2020 from the merger of Raytheon Corporation and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace business. Robin had been vice president and chief investment officer at United Technologies Corporation since 2004. Before joining United Technologies Corporation, she held several positions during her 12-year tenure at Verizon Investment Management Corporation, the asset management arm of Verizon Communications Inc., rising from research analyst to managing director. She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from the University of New Haven.
Job Titles:
- President, Morningstar Indexes
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- Executive Director, Marketing, Sustainalytics
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- Director, External Communications
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- Canada Media Relations Contact
- Media Relations Vice President
Job Titles:
- Director of PR and Communications, Wealth
To contact members of the U.S. Media Relations team, please email newsroom@morningstar.com or call
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- Senior Marketing Manager
- Asia Media Relations Contact
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- Head of Corporate Communications
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- Vice President, Corporate Communications
Stephen Joynt was elected to Morningstar's board of directors in December 2019, bringing more than 40 years of experience in the credit ratings business. Joynt was most recently chief executive officer of DBRS, the global credit ratings agency acquired by Morningstar in July 2019, where he spent three years directing its global vision, mission, and strategic objectives. Prior to DBRS, he spent more than 20 years at Fitch Group, serving as the company's chief executive officer from 2002 to 2012. Earlier in his career, he spent 12 years at Standard & Poor's in a variety of analytical roles, culminating in managing director of U.S. structured finance. Joynt holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Arizona.
Steve Kaplan served as a member of our advisory board beginning in 1998 and was elected to the Board in August 1999. Since 1988, he has been a professor at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he currently is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University. Steve formerly served on the board of trustees of the Columbia Acorn Funds and on the board of directors of Accretive Health, Inc. and Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications, Indexes