FactSet announced that it has appointed Alexandra (?Ali?) van Nes Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. She will replace Kendra Brown, who will now lead FactSet?s Banking and Sell-Side Research business unit. Ali van Nes is currently Senior Vice President and Head of Special Projects at FactSet.

In this role, she leads third-party partnership collaborations, focusing on front and middle office workflows. Prior to this role, she was Senior Director of Regulatory Solutions, where she launched and managed a global team responsible for data feeds and analytics. Previously, she was Chief of Staff to CEO Phil Snow, and prior to that, Deputy General Counsel for FactSet.

Van Nes joined FactSet in 2010 from Sikorsky Aircraft, where she was in-house counsel; she holds a bachelor?s degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Elisabeth Haub Pace School of Law.