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Back on schedule after a big update towards the end of last week. Also, noticed a 10% bump up in readership posting later in the day. Please take this quick survey:

Since last post we’ve seen 1 M&A deal, 8 people moves & promotions, 3 roles, 1 podcast, and 2 newly added upcoming events.

Event Wednesday

For those in NYC, my friends Thani Shamsi and Richard Hoffmann from Monda will be in town and organized a low-key Oktoberfest happy hour. If you can make it, please RSVP here to be added to the invite.

Awards

Nominations are open for the Insights & Information Services Rising Stars 2025. Please nominate any career up-and-comers leading growth and innovation in data companies, information services, expert networks, and market research. You can nominate multiple people, and extra bonus for nominating people at different companies who you know, follow, have heard are killin’ it.

Resources

• Deal Tracker for full M&A and funding rounds.

• Job Board for full listings. This week’s additions are below.

M&A

• Nordic Capital acquired BMLL (order book data and analytics). PR

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Ty Ahmad-Taylor joined Kantar as Chief Product Officer.

• Jamieson Blake joined Fitch Solutions as Head of Sales, EMEA - CreditSights.

• Alvin Bowles joined Kantar as Chief Client Officer.

• Matthew Darroch joined Triple Private Equity as Director.

• Guy Deslondes was promoted to Global Head of Emerging Markets Development at S&P Global.

• Richard Schiffman joined Capitolis as Chief Product Officer.

• Christopher Sparke was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer at Fitch Solutions.

• Ran Vered joined Similarweb as CFO.

*may not have started roles, but roles are announced or updates provided online.

Who’s Hiring

• Millennium is hiring a Data Strategy Specialist ($175K - $250K).

• Morningstar is hiring a Chief Data Officer, Sustainalytics ($217K - $391K).

• Whataburger is hiring a VP, Enterprise Data Strategy and Business Insights.

*salaries only listed where provided by the company and may vary based on location and other factors. See links for specific salary details.

What I’m Listening To

• The Cheeky Pint episode featuring Dan Sundheim of D1 Capital. This is really interesting and worth the listen to hear from one of the investing all-time greats.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Beryl Elites Alternative Investments & Data Revolution, Nov 3-4, NYC

• Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered, Nov 5, London

• *BattleFin Discovery Day, Nov 20, London

• *Samplecon, March 16-18, 2026 Lake Oconee, Georgia

• World of DaaS Summit, May 7, 2026, Washington D.C.

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