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James J. McGonigle

James J. McGonigle

Director

Mr. McGonigle currently serves as an Entrepreneur Advisor at Summit Partners and Equality Asset Management, and as an angel investor and advisor to a variety of small companies in the business services and software industries. He has been a member of FactSet’s Board of Directors since 2002, has served as the Lead Independent Director since 2005 and as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since 2004. Mr. McGonigle is the former Chairman and CEO of The Corporate Executive Board Company (“CEB”). During his tenure at CEB, Mr. McGonigle held the positions of General Manager of the corporate division of The Advisory Board Company (1995-1997), General Manager of CEB, from the company's spinoff from the Advisory Board in 1997 through 1998, then became CEO prior to the firm's IPO in March 1999. Mr. McGonigle served as a member of the CEB board of directors from 1998-2001, and as Chairman from 2001-2007. Mr. McGonigle spent his early career as a consultant at McKinsey and Co. He also created and taught an M.B.A. course in management consulting at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington D.C. and at Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) in Barcelona Spain. He received a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1985 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1990.

Mr. McGonigle brings to the Board leadership experience, including service as the CEO of a public company for over seven years. This role required industry knowledge combined with operational and management expertise. In addition, Mr. McGonigle brings to the Board market and corporate governance insights from his experience as an outside public company board member.

Independent Director