MSCI Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

MSCI's CEO is Henry Fernandez, appointed in Jan 1998, has a tenure of 26.83 years. total yearly compensation is $13.79M, comprised of 7.2% salary and 92.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2.7% of the company’s shares, worth R$7.17B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.3 years and 5.9 years respectively.

Key information

Henry Fernandez

Chief executive officer

US$13.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	7.2%
CEO tenure	26.8yrs
CEO ownership	2.7%
Management average tenure	6.3yrs
Board average tenure	5.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Henry Fernandez's remuneration changed compared to MSCI's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2023	US$14m	US$1m	US$1b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$960m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$917m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$881m
Dec 31 2022	US$13m	US$1m	US$871m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$849m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$803m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$758m
Dec 31 2021	US$10m	US$1m	US$726m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$688m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$701m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$651m
Dec 31 2020	US$10m	US$1m	US$602m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$568m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$523m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$534m
Dec 31 2019	US$9m	US$1m	US$564m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$593m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$580m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$571m
Dec 31 2018	US$3m	US$1m	US$508m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$420m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$382m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$346m
Dec 31 2017	US$2m	US$950k	US$304m

Compensation vs Market: Henry's total compensation ($USD13.79M) is above average for companies of similar size in the BR market ($USD5.71M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Henry's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Henry Fernandez (66 yo)

26.8yrs

Tenure

US$13,793,145

Compensation

Mr. Henry A. Fernandez has been an Independent Director at Royalty Pharma plc since July 31, 2020 and its Lead Independent Director since March 2021. He has been the Chairman of the Board at MSCI Inc. sinc...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Henry Fernandez	Chairman & CEO	26.8yrs	US$13.79m	2.7% R$ 7.2b
C. D. Pettit	President	7.1yrs	US$8.43m	0.37% R$ 984.7m
Andrew Wiechmann	CFO & Interim Principal Accounting Officer	4.2yrs	US$3.48m	0.025% R$ 67.2m
Robert Gutowski	General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs	4.8yrs	US$2.57m	0.017% R$ 43.9m
Scott Crum	Chief Human Resources Officer	10.6yrs	US$3.21m	0.013% R$ 33.6m
Jigar Thakkar	CTO & Head of Engineering	6.3yrs	US$6.29m	no data
Jeremy Ulan	Head of Investor Relations & Treasurer	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Cristina Bondolowski	Chief Marketing & Communications Officer	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Remy Briand	Head of Solutions	8.4yrs	no data	no data
Theodore Niggli	Managing Director	no data	no data	no data
Alvise Munari	Chief Product Officer	9yrs	no data	no data
Jana Haines	Head of Index	less than a year	no data	no data

6.3yrs

Average Tenure

58.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: M1SC34's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Henry Fernandez	Chairman & CEO	26.8yrs	US$13.79m	2.7% R$ 7.2b
C. D. Pettit	President	1.8yrs	US$8.43m	0.37% R$ 984.7m
Robert Ashe	Lead Independent Director	10.9yrs	US$337.61k	0.023% R$ 60.7m
Wayne Edmunds	Independent Director	9.7yrs	US$286.97k	0.012% R$ 31.3m
Paula Volent	Independent Director	4.8yrs	US$286.84k	0.0036% R$ 9.5m
Jacques Perold	Independent Director	7.7yrs	US$301.97k	0.0064% R$ 17.1m
Michelle Seitz	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Linda Riefler	Independent Director	17.8yrs	US$305.69k	0.026% R$ 68.3m
Robin Matlock	Independent Director	2.4yrs	US$288.68k	0% R$ 0
Marcus Smith	Independent Director	7yrs	US$307.35k	0.0054% R$ 14.3m
Rajat Taneja	Independent Director	3.4yrs	US$283.29k	0.00064% R$ 1.7m
Sandy Rattray	Independent Director	4.8yrs	US$302.26k	0.0021% R$ 5.6m

5.9yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: M1SC34's board of directors are considered experienced (5.9 years average tenure).

MSCI Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

MSCI Inc. Appoints Dr. Richard Mattison as Head of ESG and Climate, Effective October 29

MSCI Inc. Appoints Michelle Seitz to the Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. Announces Resignation of Chirantan “Cj” Desai as Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. Announces Executive Appointments

MSCI Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 23, 2024

MSCI Inc. Appoints Chirantan “CJ” Desai to its Board of Directors

Recent updates

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2024, Payable on November 29, 2024

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) announces an Equity Buyback for $1,500 million worth of its shares.

MSCI Inc. Appoints Dr. Richard Mattison as Head of ESG and Climate, Effective October 29

MSCI Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 29, 2024

MSCI Inc. Appoints Michelle Seitz to the Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. Announces Resignation of Chirantan “Cj” Desai as Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for Third Quarter of 2024, Payable on August 30, 2024

MSCI Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 23, 2024

MSCI Inc. Announces Executive Appointments

MSCI Inc. Declares A Cash Dividend for Second Quarter 2024, Payable on May 31, 2024

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) completed the acquisition of Foxberry Ltd.

MSCI Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Apr 23, 2024

MSCI Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 23, 2024

MSCI Inc. Appoints Chirantan “CJ” Desai to its Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) signed a purchase agreement to acquire Foxberry Ltd.

MSCI Inc. Announces the Launch of MSCI Private Company Data Connect

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for the First Quarter 2024, Payable on February 29, 2024

MSCI Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jan 30, 2024

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) signed a purchase agreement to acquire Fabric RQ, Inc.

Msci Appoints Jana Haines as Head of Index and as Member of Executive Committee

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) acquired of Trove Research Ltd.

MSCI Inc. Declares Dividend for Fourth Quarter 2023, Payable on November 30, 2023

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) signed a purchase agreement to acquire Trove Research Ltd.

MSCI Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 31, 2023

Linda-Eling Lee Names as Founding Director and Head of MSCI Sustainability Institute

MSCI Expands Partnership with Google Cloud to Accelerate Generative AI Solutions for the Investment Industry

MSCI Inc. Announces Executive Changes

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 66% The Burgiss Group, LLC for approximately $700 million.

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend of $1.38 Per Share for Third Quarter 2023, Payable on August 31, 2023

MSCI Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 25, 2023

Msci Inc. Announces That Ashley Lester Has Joined the Firm as Global Head of Research and as A Member of Msci’s Executive Committee

MSCI Inc. Launches Tool for Companies to Analyze Their Sustainability Strategy Against Peers

MSCI Inc. Appoints C.D. Baer Pettit as Director

MSCI Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Jan 31, 2023

MSCI to Launch Tools to Help Investors Assess Biodiversity, Deforestation Risk in Portfolios

Goldman Sachs, MSCI, and Coin Metrics Introduces Datonomy

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for Fourth Quarter of 2022, Payable on November 30, 2022

MSCI Inc. Launches New Client-Driven Index Solutions for Asset Owners

MSCI Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 25, 2022

MSCI Inc. Launches Insights Aiming to Streamline Investors' Risk Management Processes

MSCI Appoints Eric Yun as New Head of Korea Office

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) announces an Equity Buyback for $1,539.1 million worth of its shares.

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for Third Quarter 2022, Payable on August 31, 2022

MSCI Appoints Cristina Bondolowski as Chief Marketing Officer and as A Member of MSCI's Executive Committee

MSCI Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 26, 2022

MSCI Launches Next Generation of Equity Factor Models

MSCI inc. Appoints Jeremy H. Ulan Head of Investor Relations and Treasurer

MSCI Inc. Inc. Appoints Jeremy H. Ulan Head of Investor Relations and Treasurer

MSCI Inc. Appoints Robin Matlock in Board of Directors

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for Second Quarter 2022, Payable on May 31, 2022

MSCI Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on Apr 26, 2022

MSCI Board of Directors Declares Cash Dividend Payable on February 28, 2022

MSCI Launches Implied Temperature Rise to Help Investors Align their Portfolios with Global Climate Goals

MSCI Launches Crowding Model Solution to Provide Institutional Investors With Daily Financial Traffic Data

Bloomberg Launches Emerging Market ESG Fixed Income Index Family

MSCI Inc. Declares Cash Dividend for Second Quarter 2021, Payable on May 28, 2021

Benjamin F. duPont to Retire from MSCI Board

MSCI Inc. to Launch Investment Solutions as A Service in Collaboration with Microsoft

MSCI Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Jan 28, 2021

MSCI Inc. Appoints Nick Mihic as Managing Director, Head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland Client Coverage

MSCI Inc. Launches Public Tool to Help Corporates and Industry Stakeholders Understand Its ESG Ratings Model

MSCI Launches Climate Indexes to Help Investors Seeking to Align with 1.5°C Paris Climate Pledge

MSCI Inc. to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Oct 27, 2020

MSCI Inc. Expands Emerging Market Presence with Brazil Property Index

MSCI Inc. Announces Management Changes

MSCI Inc. to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Jul 28, 2020

MSCI Inc.(NYSE:MSCI) dropped from Russell 1000 Dynamic Index

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