Russell Investments has appointed Michael Gallucci as regional director for U.S. structured products and sell side firms. Gallucci will focus on helping Russell Indexes build out its U.S. structured products and data redistribution business for sell side firms. For this new role, he will draw on Russell's core benchmark products in addition to new products and custom index capabilities. Gallucci joined Russell in late November, is based in the firm's New York office and reports to Mark Sutter, director of U.S. sales for Russell Indexes.
"With the incredible market volatility and investment challenges our clients continue to face, they are asking for high quality tools and strong partnership in structured products creation," said Sutter. "Michael brings a deep background and knowledge in indexes and structured products along with a strong foundation of structured products industry relationships on which to build."
Prior to joining Russell, Gallucci spent sixteen years with Standard & Poor's, most recently as a Senior Sales Director for S&P Index Services. During his time at Standard & Poor's, he held a variety of senior sales assignments for the commodities, funds, equity and index divisions of the firm. In his latest role with S&P Index Services, he managed global relationships for leading investments banks and licensing of ETF sponsors domestically.