Executive Bios

Brian de Lacy

Brian de Lacy - Chief Executive Officer  

Brian de Lacy joined ISI Emerging Markets as Chief Operating Officer in June 1999 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in October of 2002. Prior to joining ISI, Brian spent 17 years at Reuters starting in sales based in South Africa and then moving via sales management into P&L management based in the United States of America. Prior to joining Reuters, Brian worked in the Investment and Foreign Exchange divisions of a leading South African bank.

Brian attended university in South Africa and is a graduate of the Boston University Graduate School of Management where he received his MBA. He has been a director of ISI since June 1999.

Aloisio Parente

Aloisio Parente - Managing Director, CEIC  

Aloisio Parente joined ISI Emerging Markets as Product Manager in 1997 and has since held positions of Country Manager, VP of Product Development, Managing Director Asia and is currently the Managing Director for CEIC. Prior to joining ISI, Aloisio was a cofounder in a publishing business and an IT consulting firm. Aloisio has a degree in Marketing from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing in Brazil.

Douglas Taylor

Douglas Taylor - Managing Director, EMIS  

Douglas B Taylor is Managing Director responsible for ISI's Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS).

Doug is also Managing Partner of Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC, a business consulting organization focused on the market data industry.

Doug founded Burton-Taylor after leaving a role as Managing Director, Customer Segment Management, Marketing & Product Development - Asia, for Thomson Financial, accountable for revenue and product strategy in the Investment Management, Investment Banking & Research, Institutional Equities and Retail Wealth Management segments. He also headed Marketing and Product Development for the region.

Before joining Thomson Doug was at Microsoft, responsible for channel partner business strategy and relationship management in their largest customer segment.

Prior to Microsoft, Doug spent 15 years at Reuters, in North America, South America and Europe. His roles ranged from managing sales & marketing in Brazil to heading marketing and product management for Reuters news globally.

Doug holds an MBA in Marketing and Management and a BBA in Finance, from the University of Oklahoma, and is a Board member of First State Financial Inc.

Antonio Monteiro

Antonio Monteiro - Chief Information Officer  

Antonio Monteiro is Chief Information Officer responsible for technology and development. He has been with ISI Emerging Markets since March of 2001.

Prior to joining ISI, he was Director of Technology at RR Donnelly Financial and spent 15 years at Reuters in various capacities, working in South Africa, Latin America, North America and the Caribbean.

Antonio has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.

Alfredo Canta

Alfredo Canta - Vice President of Finance  

Alfredo Canta is Vice President of Finance for ISI Emerging Markets, and responsible for finance and administration operations across the group.

He started at ISI in September 2000 as Corporate Controller.

Before joining ISI, he was the Regional Finance Manager for Asia of Euromoney Institutional Investor and a Director of Euromoney Publications (Jersey) Ltd.

Prior to his position with the Euromoney Institutional Investor Group, Alfredo was the Chief Accountant at Global Sources Media Group in Manila. Previously he was a Senior Auditor at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.), the affiliate of Ernst & Young International in the Philippines.

Alfredo holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce majoring in Accountancy from San Beda College in Manila. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines.

Agnes Au

Agnes Au - Director of CEIC Data Company Limited

Agnes joined CEIC Data Company Ltd. in 1996 as a Senior Manager in sales and marketing. Subsequently she has held several managerial positions of increasing responsibility within the company, culminating in her role as General Manager of Operations reporting directly to the Managing Director. In this role, Agnes led the expansion of CEIC to become a globally recognized Asian Research Data provider with customers all over the world. After the acquisition of CEIC by Internet Securities, Inc. trading as ISI Emerging Markets, Agnes was appointed a Director of CEIC in April 2005 and continues to oversee global operations of the company.

Prior to joining CEIC, Agnes held various sales and marketing positions with Investamatics and Bridge Information System. She has worked in the financial information industry for over 14 years. Agnes holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Honors) degree from University of Central Florida, USA.

Gary Mueller

Gary Mueller - Non-executive Director  

Gary Mueller is the founder of ISI Emerging Markets and is currently a Non-executive Director. Gary founded ISI in 1994 and led the company as Chairman until 2010.

Prior to ISI Emerging Markets, Gary worked in emerging markets, primarily on privatization, as part of the economic reform team that assisted Russia on its transition to a market economy. He then worked for KPMG's privatization group in Poland.

Gary is a graduate of Harvard College (1988) and Harvard Business School (1994). Gary was a Fulbright Scholar in Frankfurt, Germany (1988-1990).

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