NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TheStreet, Inc.
(NASDAQ: TST), a leading financial news and information
company, announced today that financial industry veteran
Jeffrey Davis has been named
President, TheStreet Institutional Services. Mr. Davis will lead
TheStreet's growing institutional business, including The Deal and
BoardEx.
Davis brings more than 25 years of institutional markets
experience to TheStreet, joining from Barclays Bank Plc in
New York where he was a managing
director and global head of client strategy for its institutional
capital markets business. Prior to that, he was the global head of
execution and advisory for the Barclays Wealth business, based in
London.
"Jeff strides both Wall Street and The City in London in a way that perfectly aligns with our
plans to expand BoardEx and The Deal into TheStreet's broader,
global media business" said David
Callaway, Chief Executive Officer of TheStreet, Inc. "His
track record with clients in the world's two major financial
centers is exactly what we need as we shift our strategy to focus
on institutions, licensing and bulk sales." Davis will report to
Callaway, effective November 1,
2016.
Regarding his appointment, Davis said, "I am excited to join the
new leadership team at TheStreet; particularly to work with Dave
and with Larry Kramer again after
the success we had in the past. TheStreet's premium content
services, together with The Deal and BoardEx offerings, present a
unique opportunity to expand our presence in the institutional
market."
Before joining Barclays, Davis spent two decades building and
growing technology enabling information businesses and held a
number of senior leadership roles including president and operating
officer of Dow Jones Licensing, as well as general manager and
executive vice-president of MarketWatch Inc. He has been
recognized as a transformational diversity leader, as named by the
Financial Times OutStanding 100 Global LGBT Executives in
Business for 2014 & 2015.
About TheStreet
TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST, www.t.st) is a leading financial
news and information provider to investors and institutions
worldwide. The Company's flagship brand, TheStreet
(www.thestreet.com), is celebrating its 20th year of
producing unbiased business news and market analysis for individual
investors. The Company's portfolio of institutional brands includes
The Deal (www.thedeal.com), which provides actionable, intraday
coverage of mergers, acquisitions and all other changes in
corporate control; BoardEx (www.boardex.com), a relationship
mapping service of corporate directors and officers; and RateWatch
(www.ratewatch.com), which supplies rate and fee data from banks
and credit unions across the U.S.
Contact: Jon Kostakopoulos, TheStreet, Inc.,
212-321-5561, Jon.Kostakopoulos at thestreet.com
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