---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408198-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSCI"
cik: "0001408198"
company_name: "MSCI Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T05:14:30.088968+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSCI appoints President and COO Baer Pettit to Board; increases CFO long-term incentive to $2.1M

## Summary
- President and COO Baer Pettit appointed to MSCI Board effective Jan 30, 2023; Board now 12 directors, 10 independent.
- CFO Andrew Wiechmann's long-term incentive increased to $2.1M from $1.3M; no change to base salary or annual cash target.
- Pettit, a 23-year MSCI veteran, will not receive extra director compensation and will not serve on any standing committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408198-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSCI
- cik: 0001408198
- company_name: MSCI Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000005/0001408198-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000005/msci-20230127.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408198-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  C.D. Baer Pettit was appointed as Director at MSCI Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On Januar y 30, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MSCI Inc. (the “Company”) appointed C.D. Baer Pettit, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, to serve as a director on the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000005/0001408198-23-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.