Information Services Group Elects David Berger Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
September 25 2009 - 9:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
Seasoned financial executive brings significant major corporate
experience in finance, acquisitions and investor relations
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Information
Services Group, Inc. (ISG) (NASDAQ:IIINASDAQ:IIIIUNASDAQ:IIIIW), an
industry-leading, information-based services company, announced
today that David E. Berger, with nearly 30 years of financial
experience, including the information services industry, has been
elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
company effective October 5, 2009. Mr. Berger was most recently
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Investor Relations
with The Nielsen Company, a $5 billion global information and media
company, where he spent more than eight years. He will succeed
Frank Martell who is relocating to California and has accepted a
CFO position with a privately held services company. "I am
extremely pleased to welcome David to the ISG team," said Michael
P. Connors, Chairman and CEO, ISG. "David and I worked closely
together at Nielsen for a number of years and he brings a wealth of
acquisition, cost management and financial expertise as we now
prepare to move ISG to the next level of growth. Frank played an
important role in the launch of ISG and I want to thank him for his
contributions and wish him and his family the best in the future."
Prior to Nielsen, Mr. Berger was with Simon & Schuster
(S&S) and Viacom for nine years, where he held a variety of
increasingly important financial positions including Senior Vice
President of Finance and Controller of S&S. He was the lead on
development and strategic initiatives; financial and operational
matters; and managed a staff of over 200 financial professionals.
Mr. Berger was previously at American National Can Company as
Director and Business Controller of one of its divisions. He began
his career in public accounting with Touche Ross & Company (now
Deloitte). Mr. Berger is a graduate of the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and earned his Masters of Business
Administration from the University of Chicago. About Information
Services Group, Inc. Information Services Group, Inc. (ISG) was
founded in 2006 to build an industry-leading, high-growth,
information-based services company by acquiring and growing
businesses in advisory, data, business and media information
services. In November 2007, ISG acquired TPI, the largest sourcing
data and advisory firm in the world. Based in Stamford,
Connecticut, ISG has a proven leadership team with global
experience in information-based services and a track record of
creating significant value for shareowners, clients and employees.
For more, visit http://www.informationsg.com/. DATASOURCE:
Information Services Group, Inc. CONTACT: Press, Barry Holt,
+1-203-517-3110, ; or Investors, Frank Martell, +1-203-517-3104,
Web Site: http://www.informationsg.com/
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