Dow Jones hires O’Melia as CFO

Liz O’Melia

Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the adhering to to the personnel:

Workforce,

I am thrilled to announce that Liz O’Melia will be becoming a member of Dow Jones as main financial officer beginning on Could 16. She joins us at a unique chapter of transition and development for our corporation.

Liz will oversee the world wide finance staff, supporting the company’s strategic eyesight as properly as day-to-day economic functions, and will be responsible for overseeing all elements of money reporting and leading our key finance features. She will serve as business partner to the broader Dow Jones senior management staff.

Liz was CFO of S&P Ratings and is a verified chief in finance and strategy. Getting put in a huge element of her profession at S&P with a concentration on monetary and details products and services, she was involved in the company’s transformation from The McGraw-Hill Companies to S&P Worldwide. She also held the position of senior vice president and world treasurer at S&P World-wide. In the course of her career at a variety of multinational firms, Liz has pushed business expansion and benefit generation and has supported career development for colleagues across various finance groups. Prior to the S&P transition, she had considerable involvement with multimedia and broadcasting, such as Tv homes, by means of then-McGraw-Hill’s publishing property business.

Most not long ago, as CFO govt companion at Gartner, Liz advised CFO purchasers at World-wide 1000 businesses and govt agencies, partnering with CFOs to recommend on vision and method and to guide with digital transformation and economical functions.

In the course of her finance occupation, Liz has been an avid reader of The Wall Avenue Journal and Barron’s and a person of other Dow Jones offerings to assistance inform technique and decision-producing. With considerable acquisition and integration expertise, Liz is a strategic thinker and is well positioned to support us construct on our mission to present the world’s most trustworthy journalism, data, data and analytics to aid people make conclusions.

We thank David Kerridge for his exemplary leadership as interim head of finance. He stepped up to lead the purpose through a important time in our transformation, including the organizing and close of our OPIS acquisition and our forthcoming Base Chemicals acquisition. David’s leadership has been instrumental in positioning us for the upcoming, and we seem ahead to his continued contributions. David will continue in his part as SVP FP&A.

You should be part of me in welcoming Liz to Dow Jones and wishing her good results in this significant role.

Almar