NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw Hill
Financial (NYSE: MHFI) announced that its Board of Directors today
elected Rebecca Jacoby, Chief
Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Cisco (NASDAQ:
CSCO), to be a member of the Board, effective immediately.
As Cisco's CIO, Ms. Jacoby, 53, advances the business through
the use of Cisco technology. Under her leadership as CIO since
2006, Ms. Jacoby has made the IT organization a strategic business
partner, producing significant business value for Cisco in the form
of financial performance, customer satisfaction and loyalty, market
share, and productivity.
"Technology and data are essential to creating the credit
ratings, benchmarks and deep analytics that our clients and markets
around the world depend on every day, and Rebecca brings
extraordinary experience in the technology and data world," said
Harold W. McGraw III, Chairman of
McGraw Hill Financial.
"Rebecca is an exceptional and innovative business leader who
combines a deep understanding of technology with vast experience in
global operations. Her talents and background are going to be a
significant benefit to McGraw Hill Financial and we are delighted
she is joining our Board of Directors," said Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief
Executive Officer of McGraw Hill Financial.
Ms. Jacoby has held positions of increasing responsibility in
technology, operations and manufacturing since joining Cisco in
1995.
Prior to joining Cisco, Ms. Jacoby held a variety of planning
and operations positions with other companies in Silicon
Valley.
Ms. Jacoby serves on the Board of the Second Harvest Food Bank
of Santa Clara County and is a founding member of the Technology
Business Management Council. She holds a bachelor's degree in
economics from the University of the
Pacific and a M.B.A. from Santa Clara
University.
About McGraw Hill Financial:
McGraw Hill Financial is a leading financial intelligence
company providing the global capital and commodity markets with
independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise
risk solutions, and analytics. The Company's iconic brands include
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P
Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL and J.D. Power. The Company has
approximately 18,000 employees in 30 countries. Additional
information is available at www.mhfi.com.
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Jason Feuchtwanger
Director, Corporate Media Relations
(212) 512-3151 (office)
(347) 419-4169 (mobile)
jason.feuchtwanger@mhfi.com
Chip Merritt
Vice President, Investor Relations
(212) 512-4321 (office)
chip.merritt@mhfi.com
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