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Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Sumeet Nihalani, 43, has joined the group as senior director sales, Asia Pacific.
Based in Singapore, Mr. Nihalani will manage the Asia Pacific sales team and will oversee the business development and licensing of all Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Indexes for the Asia Pacific region. Additionally, he will head Dow Jones Indexes’ growing Islamic index business globally.
“Sumeet’s strong sales background will be a great asset to further strengthen Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX’s position as a leading global index provider,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. “His South East Asian business experience will also help to leverage the increasing interest in our Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes in that region.”
Mr. Nihalani brings more than 20 years sales experience to this newly created position. He has been with Dow Jones & Company since 2001, where most recently he has been managing sales operations for Dow Jones Newswires and Factiva in South East Asia & South Asia and was instrumental in driving growth and creating an ambitious and winning sales team with cutting-edge selling skills. Prior to his role at Dow Jones & Company Mr. Nihalani also has held similar sales and marketing positions in India.
Mr. Nihalani received his honors degree in Economics from the University of Delhi in India.
