Scott Preiss, Senior Vice President, Global Head, CGS, CUSIP Global Services

Scott Preiss is Senior Vice President and Global Head of CUSIP Global Services (CGS) at FactSet Research Systems Inc. Preiss is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and growth of the CUSIP franchise, which includes the global reference data standard and all related data feeds and technology solutions built using the CUSIP system. He also oversees the longstanding partnership between FactSet Research Systems Inc. and the American Bankers Association (ABA), which created and owns the CUSIP standard.

Among key industry initiatives spearheaded by Preiss in his tenure at CGS have been the rapid expansion of CUSIP’s geographic footprint, capabilities, and strategic alliances. This includes the development of near real-time data feeds and APIs, and expansion into dozens of new asset classes and markets ranging from syndicated loans to blockchain-based tokenized asset offerings. Preiss also held the role of Vice President, S&P Global Settlement Services, where he was a collaborator on a patent for the groundbreaking S&P Entity Crosswalk service, which allows financial firms to monitor their risk exposure by identifying linkages between securities, issuers, affiliates and subsidiaries. and prior to that, Vice President of Investment Products and Distribution at Citigroup.

Preiss has served as Chairman of the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB) Advisory Board and currently serves on the boards of the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) for OTC derivatives, the Enterprise Data Management Council (EDM), and the Financial Information Services Division of the SIIA.

Preiss became a member of the New York, and New Jersey Bar Associations in 1996 and has a B.B.A. in Business/Finance from Pace University and a J.D. from New York Law School. Preiss has also completed Executive Leadership certification at the Darden School of Business, Columbia Business School, and Insead, France.