- Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries
- Fitch Group announced the appointment of Heidi Lanford as Chief Data Officer
- In this new role, Ms. Lanford responsible for transforming the way Fitch leverages data across its businesses to enhance current products
- Ms. Lanford joins Fitch from Red Hat (IBM), where she was the Vice President of Enterprise Data & Analytics
- Lanford a frequent keynote speaker on topics about building a data culture, data literacy, applied analytics/data science, and women in STEM
- This role will help drive new product innovation and ensure we maximize the return on data assets