MSCI appoints chief diversity officer

MSCI appoints chief diversity officer
Tia Counts will fill the new international position based in London, and is responsible for aligning MSCI’s diversity, equality and inclusion goals.
MAY 11, 2021

Tia Counts has been appointed chief diversity officer of MSCI Inc., a new role for the index creator and provider of other investment tools and services. 

Based in London, Counts will be responsible for aligning MSCI’s diversity, equality and inclusion goals with business outcomes. As an attorney, she previously served as global head of diversity and inclusion for JP Morgan’s asset and wealth management business and its global corporate and investment bank.

She earlier held a variety of senior roles at Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

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