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Moody’s names Mona Breed as CIO

By TechTaffy Desk

Moody’s has appointed Mona Breed as chief information officer. As CIO, Ms. Breed will lead Moody’s global technology infrastructure and programs. She will report to Raymond McDaniel, president and chief executive officer of Moody’s.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Ms. Breed led IT infrastructure for Oppenheimer Funds. She has also held senior technology roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Apollo, according to a statement from Moody’s.

Ms. Breed succeeds Tony Stoupas, who has led Moody’s IT organization as CIO since 2010, and will remain through the end of 2018.

[Image courtesy: Moody’s]

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