FISD Announces 2024 Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Recognizing major developments and accomplishments of the financial information industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2024

Media contact: Kirsten Ellis

Washington, DC: FISD, the global forum of choice connecting the financial information industry is announcing this year's Financial InformationLifetime Achievement Award recipient. This prestigious award celebrates the people who have contributed to the major developments and accomplishments across the financial information industry for more than 25 years. The Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award winner was announced during the 16th biennial World Financial Information Conference (WFIC). WFIC is the only global event focusing on the sourcing, compliance and delivery of financial information and brings together more than 700 industry peers from 40 countries. This year's conference in Austin, Texas is running from September 15-18, 2024.

"We are thrilled to announce Sallianne Taylor is this year's FISD Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award winner," said FISD managing director, Tom Davin, "Sallianne's impressive achievements include working on reforms to the UK's Capital Markets following the UK's exit from Europe, as well as many years overseeing Bloomberg's relationships with the exchanges and trading venues. Sallianne has been a long-serving member of the FISD Executive Committee, she co-chaired the Data Vendor Constituent Group, and currently sits on the Board of SIIA, FISD's parent company."

"Our special thanks to the 2024 Nominating Committee made up of many past winners of the Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award including: Elliot Hann, Fenics Market Data, Adam Honore, Amazon, Tom Jordan, Jordan & Jordan (past winner), Jocelyn Killeen, FactSet, Brian McElligott, Joe Nardulli, Northern Trust Company, Barry Raskin, Jordan & Jordan (past winner), Mitvin Shah, Societe Generale, Garrick Stavrovich, Nasdaq and Debra Walton, LSEG (past winner)."

Upon receiving The Financial Information Lifetime Achievement Award, Sallianne said, "I am delighted to receive FISD's Life-time Achievement Award and it is especially gratifying as it is voted for by my peers. On top of this recognition, I am celebrating 35 years at Bloomberg this year so it is a pretty special time."

"My career at Bloomberg has allowed me to follow many different paths and my interaction with FISD has been one of the most rewarding partnerships I have undertaken. In light of WFIC's focus on rising stars, I hope that this award can serve as an inspiration to all of those at the start of their careers, and particularly for women stepping up in the financial industry."

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