- Saugata Saha to depart the Company July 30, 2026
- Enterprise Data, Technology & Transformation Organizations Combine to Unlock Greater Value and Innovation
NEW YORK, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) announced today that Saugata Saha, President of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Chief Enterprise Data Officer, has decided to leave the company to pursue another opportunity. Mr. Saha will remain with S&P Global through July 30, 2026, to support transition.
"Saugata is a respected leader and a valued member of our Executive Leadership Team. He leaves Market Intelligence and our Enterprise Data Organization in a position of strength, with clear momentum, and a solid foundation to build upon. I wish him continued success ahead," said Martina Cheung, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global. "We expect to move quickly, and thoughtfully, as we evaluate and refine the leadership and structure for Market Intelligence."
The Enterprise Data Organization (EDO) will move to become part of the Chief Technology & Transformation Office, led by Firdaus Bhathena, S&P Global Chief Technology & Transformation Officer.
"We are excited to unify the Company's data and technology capabilities under Firdaus," added Cheung. "This will accelerate the integration of AI across our products, enhance efficiency and productivity, and drive innovation and greater value for customers."
The company reiterates its financial guidance for 2026.
About S&P Global
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive in a rapidly changing global landscape.
From helping our customers assess new investments across the capital and commodities markets to navigating the energy expansion, acceleration of artificial intelligence, and evolution of public and private markets, we enable the world's leading organizations to unlock opportunities, solve challenges, and plan for tomorrow – today.
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- the demand and market for credit ratings in and across the sectors and geographies where the Company operates;
- the Company's ability to maintain adequate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect the security of confidential information and data, or protect against a system or network disruption that results in regulatory penalties and remedial costs or improper disclosure of confidential information or data;
- the outcome of litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries;
- concerns in the marketplace affecting the Company's credibility or otherwise affecting market perceptions of the integrity or utility of independent credit ratings, benchmarks, indices and other services;
- the level of merger and acquisition activity in the United States and abroad;
- the level of the Company's future cash flows and capital investments;
- the effect of competitive products (including those incorporating artificial intelligence ("AI")) and pricing, including the level of success of new product developments and global expansion;
- the impact of customer cost-cutting pressures;
- a decline in the demand for our products and services by our customers and other market participants;
- our ability to develop new products or technologies, to integrate our products with new technologies (e.g., AI), or to compete with new products or technologies offered by new or existing competitors;
- the introduction of competing products (including those developed by AI) or technologies by other companies;
- our ability to protect our intellectual property from unauthorized use and infringement, including by others using AI technologies, and to operate our business without violating third-party intellectual property rights, including through our own use of AI in our products and services;
- our ability to attract, incentivize and retain key employees, especially in a competitive business environment;
- our ability to successfully navigate key organizational changes;
- the continuously evolving regulatory environment in Europe, the United States and elsewhere around the globe affecting each of our businesses and the products they offer, and our compliance therewith;
- the Company's exposure to potential criminal sanctions or civil penalties for noncompliance with foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that are applicable in the jurisdictions in which it operates, including sanctions laws relating to countries such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela, anti-corruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, and local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials, as well as import and export restrictions;
- the Company's ability to make acquisitions and dispositions and successfully integrate the businesses we acquire;
- consolidation of the Company's customers, suppliers or competitors;
- the ability of the Company, and its third-party service providers, to maintain adequate physical and technological infrastructure;
- the Company's ability to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problem, such as an earthquake, hurricane, flood, civil unrest, protests, military conflict, terrorist attack, outbreak of pandemic or contagious diseases, security breach, cyber attack, data breach, power loss, telecommunications failure or other natural or man-made event;
- the impact on the Company's revenue and net income caused by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
- the impact of changes in applicable tax or accounting requirements on the Company;
- the separation of Mobility not being consummated within the anticipated time period or at all;
- the ability of the separation of Mobility to qualify for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
- any disruption to the Company's business in connection with the proposed separation of Mobility;
- any loss of synergies from separating the businesses of Mobility and the Company that adversely impact the results of operations of both businesses, or the companies resulting from the separation of Mobility not realizing all of the expected benefits of the separation; and
- following the separation of Mobility, the combined value of the common stock of the two publicly-traded companies not being equal to or greater than the value of the Company's common stock had the separation not occurred.
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