Dow Jones hires O’Melia as CFO

Liz O’Melia

Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the pursuing to the workers:

Crew,

I am thrilled to announce that Liz O’Melia will be becoming a member of Dow Jones as chief money officer beginning on May perhaps 16. She joins us at a one of a kind chapter of changeover and progress for our enterprise.

Liz will oversee the worldwide finance group, supporting the company’s strategic vision as perfectly as working day-to-day economical functions, and will be liable for overseeing all elements of fiscal reporting and primary our critical finance features. She will provide as small business associate to the broader Dow Jones senior administration staff.

Liz was CFO of S&P Scores and is a proven leader in finance and tactic. Having invested a significant section of her vocation at S&P with a emphasis on economic and details expert services, she was associated in the company’s transformation from The McGraw-Hill Firms to S&P Worldwide. She also held the posture of senior vice president and worldwide treasurer at S&P Worldwide. Throughout her vocation at numerous multinational providers, Liz has pushed business development and worth development and has supported career enhancement for colleagues throughout many finance teams. Prior to the S&P changeover, she experienced important involvement with multimedia and broadcasting, which include Television qualities, as a result of then-McGraw-Hill’s publishing household organization.

Most just lately, as CFO government husband or wife at Gartner, Liz advised CFO shoppers at World-wide 1000 companies and government businesses, partnering with CFOs to suggest on eyesight and tactic and to support with electronic transformation and money operations.

Through her finance job, Liz has been an avid reader of The Wall Road Journal and Barron’s and a consumer of other Dow Jones choices to enable inform technique and determination-building. With considerable acquisition and integration knowledge, Liz is a strategic thinker and is effectively positioned to assistance us create on our mission to give the world’s most reliable journalism, information and facts, data and analytics to help men and women make choices.

We thank David Kerridge for his exemplary leadership as interim head of finance. He stepped up to direct the purpose as a result of a significant time in our transformation, like the organizing and close of our OPIS acquisition and our upcoming Foundation Chemical compounds acquisition. David’s management has been instrumental in positioning us for the long term, and we seem forward to his continued contributions. David will proceed in his position as SVP FP&A.

Be sure to be part of me in welcoming Liz to Dow Jones and wishing her success in this crucial position.

Almar