Dow Jones Hires Index Business Consultant As Director of Marketing And Business Development

Business Wire, April 19, 2001

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001

Dow Jones Indexes has a new director of marketing and business development for its international operations.

Albert S. Neubert, 46, is a former consultant in international marketing and product development for Sydney Futures Exchange, Calvert Group, Information Management Network and Cantor Fitzgerald.

In his new role, Mr. Neubert is responsible for enhancing the visibility of Dow Jones Indexes to international users. Additionally, he oversees the global sales and business development staff of Dow Jones Indexes. Mr. Neubert said his focus in the new job is to develop and expand existing and new relationships with key participants in the index marketplace.

Before joining Dow Jones Indexes, Mr. Neubert spent two years as consultant. Prior to that, he managed indexes for Standard & Poor's for 25 years.

Mr. Neubert was a member of the S&P Index Committee, which has responsibility for strategy and policy management of the S&P Indexes. He was also responsible for S&P's global index business development.

"We are delighted to have Albert Neubert as a member of our index team. His 27 years of index experience, his business sense and his understanding of international markets are invaluable as Dow Jones Indexes furthers its global strategy," said Mike Petronella, Managing Director of Dow Jones Indexes.

Mr. Neubert said, "I was drawn to Dow Jones Indexes for several reasons. The major one is that Dow Jones Indexes has a good but under-exploited product line, with a lot of potential in gaining really significant market share and making a great impact commercially."

Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, the Dow Jones Sector Titans, the Dow Jones Global Indexes, the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes, the Dow Jones Canada 40, the Dow Jones Japan 100, the Dow Jones Total Market Index Series, the Dow Jones REIT Indexes, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, the Dow Jones Internet Indexes and the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes. Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group PLC of Factiva and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

A photo of Albert S. Neubert is under "press release update" on the Dow Jones Indexes web site under http://indexes.dowjones.com available.