KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. (RDC), a leading global provider of decision-ready intelligence and risk and compliance protection services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Capon as Vice President of Data Strategy. Mr. Capon brings more than 25 years of data management, resourcing and research experience to RDC.
“I am thrilled to add Anthony Capon to our executive team,” said RDC CEO, Tom Obermaier. “Anthony brings decades of proven industry leadership to our data products. We are quite fortunate to have a Dow Jones visionary lead our data acquisition and structuring strategy. It’s continued proof of RDC’s ability to attract leading talent to transform the risk diligence industry.”
Mr. Capon had served as the Vice President of Content for Dow Jones and was responsible for the research team behind their Risk and Compliance offerings. This included the monthly processing of millions of intelligently coded articles in 26 languages into the Factiva archive. Mr. Capon began his career in 1985 with the UK-based news archiving company Finsbury Data Services, which was acquired by Reuters a couple of years later. Mr. Capon was part of the team behind the first Reuters Business Briefing (RBB) product and had two spells in Asia expanding RBB’s Chinese and Japanese capabilities. Mr. Capon moved to the US in 2001 to work on the technology and people organization in creating the Factiva Source Processing engine which takes in the thousands of sources and millions of articles into the Factiva products.
“I’m delighted to join RDC, the most innovative company in the industry, at such an exciting time. RDC’s GRID has already become the world’s largest collection of risk relevant data, and the recently announced enhancements to PEP Connect demonstrate their commitment and deep understanding of the AML/KYC landscape,” said Mr. Capon. “Tom Obermaier (CEO) has built an impressive forward thinking executive team of which I’m very excited to be a part.”
About RDC
Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. (RDC) delivers powerful, decision-ready intelligence and world-class risk and compliance protection, allowing global organizations to identify banned/suspect entities, strengthen fraud protection, ensure regulatory compliance, manage supply and distribution risk, and protect their brand equity. With the world’s largest open source risk-relevant database, RDC provides AML/KYC compliance; Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) protection; emerging market intelligence; corruption, fraud and crime protection; vendor screening and monitoring; and credit risk monitoring to a wide range of clients worldwide. Founded by 20 of the world’s leading financial institutions, today RDC is a Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs portfolio company. Learn more about RDC by emailing info@rdc.com or visiting www.rdc.com.
