With over 20 years of experience in the financial information and software marketplace, Mr. Worrall possesses a wealth of knowledge in the industry. Mr. Worrall became Chief Executive Officer of Mergent in June 2002 after joining Mergent in early 2000 as Managing Director, International Operations. Mr. Worrall is also Chairman of Ford Equity Research. Prior to these positions, Mr. Worrall was the Managing Director, Investment Data Products for the Asia Pacific region for BARRA Inc. He has also held executive management positions at FAME, Randall Helms, Credit Suisse and Helix Technology Group where he focused on sales of financial data products and services. In addition, Mr. Worrall is a member of the Executive Committee of Xinhua Finance Ltd., (Tokyo Mothers TSE:9399).