お知らせ • Oct 17
S&P Global Inc. Announces Executive Changes
S&P Global Inc. announced Functional Leadership changes. Incoming Chief Financial Officer, Eric Aboaf, upon joining the company in February of 2025, will assume the additional responsibilities of leading Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Ventures and Corporate Responsibility disclosures, along with his previously announced remit leading the Finance organization. Steve Kemps, Chief Legal Officer, currently leading Legal, Government Affairs and Security, will take on an expanded role to also oversee the company's corporate compliance and risk functions. Girish Ganesan, SVP of People, will become the Chief People Officer. Dimitra Manis, currently the Chief Purpose Officer, will stay with the company through March 2025 as a special adviser. Christina Twomey, Global Head of Communications, will become Chief Communications Officer and will also lead the Office of the CEO. The company will also establish two new enterprise functions: Sally Moore will undertake a new role as Chief Client Officer. Ms. Moore will be responsible for leading enterprise commercial strategy, including building a centralized capability to drive strategic account management at scale, along with leading Strategic Alliances, Marketing and Branding. Ms. Moore is currently Global Head of Strategy, M&A and Partnerships. Saugata Saha will take on a dual role, in addition to leading S&P Global Market Intelligence, as the Company's Chief Enterprise Data Officer. Mr. Saha will lead enterprise-wide efforts to expand and connect S&P Global's vast data estate, harnessing the full potential of the Company's data capabilities for its customers. Steve Kemps is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer of S&P Global. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing legal operations and advising the Company on the potential business impacts of changing laws. He is also responsible for the Global Security and Government Affairs functions. Effective November 1, he will take on an expanded role to also oversee the Corporate Compliance and Risk functions as part of the Company's executive leadership team. Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. Kemps served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Quanta Services, where he oversaw all legal affairs and advised the business on regulatory, ethical and compliance matters. Before joining Quanta, he served as General Counsel of Hess Retail Corporation and Dean Foods Company. Mr. Kemps has also held various senior legal positions with Kimberly-Clark Corporation and law firm Dorsey & Whitney, and has served as a Federal Law Clerk to Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District Court, Minnesota. Mr. Kemps earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin School of Business and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He holds a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificate. Girish Ganesan is Senior Vice President of People for S&P Global and oversees the people function for multiple areas of the Company across 32 countries including S&P Global Ratings, Sustainable 1, Enterprise Technology and Kensho. In his first two years at the company, he also led the people function for Enterprise Legal & Government Affairs, and Risk & Compliance. Additionally, Mr. Ganesan is the Enterprise Workforce Lead on S&P Global'sAI Council and a member of the board of directors at CRISIL (an S&P Global company) including the Nominating and Compensation Committee. Effective November 1, 2024, he will assume the role of Chief People Officer for S&P Global and serve as a member of the Company's executive leadership team. Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. Ganesan was Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Head of US Talent at TD Bank Group, responsible for the strategy and practices that positioned the bank, with 90,000 employees, as an inclusive organization. He also led end to end talent strategies, including talent acquisition, succession management, executive development, learning and organizational effectiveness. His career also includes senior global roles at Manulife in total rewards, shared services, and HR transformation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ganesan honed his expertise in executive compensation and M&A at Accenture. Mr. Ganesan's leadership has earned him various accolades, including being named one of Top 50 Global HR Leaders in 2024, Top 10 HR Executives to Follow in 2023, Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2019, Top Future Leader in 2018 and HR Professional of the Year in 2013. Mr. Ganesan holds a bachelor's degree with honors in Political Science and Economics from Delhi University. His postgraduate studies include the Human Resources Management Program at Humber College, Toronto, and the Corporate Governance Program at Columbia Business School. He also holds the Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designation. A passionate advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Mr. Ganesan mentors diverse communities, including LGBTQ+, Pan-Asian, and internationally trained professionals. He has served as a Board Director for the Association of Talent Development (ATD) and the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA) and frequently solicited for external speaking engagements across the globe on leadership, organizational culture, and DEI.