GRSS is pleased to announce that Mr. Mark Beaumont has joined the company this month, as Business Development Manager for Europe, UK, Africa and the Middle East.

Mark is a specialist in financial benchmark governance with over 30 years’ experience at world class banking and data management organisations including his most recent role at Thomson Reuters.

CEO, Craig McIvor, said that “Mark has an exceptional amount of experience in the benchmark space and we are delighted to have him on board. He brings a great commercial acumen and knowledge of regulations space to the team.”

During his tenure at Thomson Reuters, Mark established Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services Limited as the world’s first regulated financial benchmark provider and he became authorised in a personal competence capacity by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.

Mark also collaborated at a strategic level providing consultancy and support to government agencies, central banks and benchmark administrators seeking to meet regulatory requirements, improve governance and develop new benchmarks and indices.