From his position as president of Barra since 1994, Kamal Duggirala has recently been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company. Duggirala's career at Barra has included management responsibility for the company's electronic brokerage, trading systems, enterprise risk and consulting businesses. From 1995 to 1997, he headed Barra's institutional analytics business in North and South America.
Among the changes coming up, Duggirala plans to add new executives to the anagement team. "Over the past six months, we have made and implemented a series of tough decisions that will sharpen our strategic focus and execution. We will take additional steps to organize ourselves and realign management responsibilities to this end," said Duggirala.