Company Website: http://www.markit.com
LONDON & NEW YORK -- (Business Wire)

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced the appointment of Matthew Kolby as head of investor relations. He reports to Jeff Gooch, chief financial officer, and is based in New York.

Matt has more than 17 years of corporate and advisory investor relations experience. He joins Markit from Deutsche Bank where he was director of investor relations, responsible for all aspects of investor communications in North America. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2011, he was the global head of investor relations advisory in J.P. Morgan's Depositary Receipts division where he established and led a global team of investor relations specialists who advised non US companies on investor relations strategies.

Previously, Matt was director of analytical services at Thomson Financial where he provided strategic investor relations consulting to US based and foreign companies. He also advised companies on potential market reactions to special situations including M&A, spinoffs, dividend policy changes and share buybacks. Matt began his career at The Carson Group, a capital markets intelligence firm. Matt graduated with honours from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Finance and has been a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) for the past seven years.

Jeff Gooch, chief financial officer of Markit, said: “We are pleased to have Matt join us in this essential role as Markit begins a new chapter as a public company. Matt’s depth of corporate and advisory investor relations experience will be immensely valuable to our stakeholders.”

Notes to Editors

About Markit

Markit is a leading global diversified provider of financial information services. We provide products that enhance transparency, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. Our customers include banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, auditors, fund administrators and insurance companies. Founded in 2003, we employ over 3,000 people in 10 countries. Markit shares are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “MRKT.” For more information, please see www.markit.com

Contacts:

Markit
Media Enquiries:
Teresa Chick, +44 (0)20 7260 2094
Managing Director, Corporate Communications
teresa.chick@markit.com
or
Ed Canaday, +1 646 679 3031
Director, Corporate Communications
ed.canaday@markit.com
or
Markit
Investor Enquiries:
Matthew Kolby
Managing Director, Investor Relations
ir@markit.com

Source: Markit