(Amsterdam) – January 23, 2012 – Sustainalytics today announced that it has acquired Share Dimension, its long-time information communication technology partner. Claudiu Tanasescu, founder and CEO of Share Dimension, and his seven-person software development team are joining Sustainalytics, underpinning the firm’s commitment to provide its clients with innovative ESG solutions.
“Bringing Share Dimension on board makes perfect sense, having worked together to develop the Sustainalytics Platform in recent years,” said Sustainalytics CEO Michael Jantzi. “More importantly, the acquisition enhances Sustainalytics’ technological capacity to present our insights to clients and support day-to-day responsible investment decision making.”
The expanded global ICT team will be headed by Mr. Tanasescu, who also becomes the managing director of Sustainalytics’ Romanian office and part of Sustainalytics’ executive team. Mr. Tanasescu brings 15 years of technical expertise to Sustainalytics gained through his work at multinationals Philips and Canon, combined with strategic ICT project development and entrepreneurial skills honed while CEO of Share Dimension.
“The entire Share Dimension team is extremely happy to join the Sustainalytics family,” said Mr. Tanasescu. “It allows us to better leverage our skills to continue to improve the state-of-the-art Sustainalytics Global Platform and to assist our colleagues in fulfilling Sustainalytics’ commitment to being trusted advisors to our clients around the world.”
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Marthe Reinette
Marketing Manager
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mreinette@sustainalytics.com