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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · MSCI (MSCI)

MSCI President Baer Pettit to retire March 1, 2026; CEO Fernandez resumes President role

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

MSCI said President and COO C.D. Baer Pettit will retire. He stepped down as COO effective November 12, 2025, and remains President and a board member until March 1, 2026, when he will also leave the board and advise the company through the third quarter of 2026. Chairman and CEO Henry Fernandez will take the President title, with no change to his compensation, and the board will shrink from twelve to eleven directors.

Key points

  • Pettit ceased serving as COO effective November 12, 2025, and will leave the President role and board on March 1, 2026.
  • Henry A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO, becomes President effective March 1, 2026, with no change to his compensation.
  • The board size is reduced from twelve to eleven directors effective March 1, 2026.
  • Alvise Munari was named Head of Client Segments in addition to Chief Product Officer; Jorge Mina was named Chief Operating Officer in addition to Head of Analytics.

The filing

CompanyMSCI (MSCI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 17, 2025, 7:02 AM ET
Accession number0001408198-25-000199

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 17, 2025.

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