Barry Jennings, Global Head of Market Data Licensing & Governance, Goldman Sachs

Barry is Global Head of Market Data Licensing & Governance for Goldman Sachs with responsibility for the Firm’s vendor management, spend management and inventory and compliance teams. Within this role, he is also playing a key part in developing Goldman Sachs’ strategic vendor relationships, scaling the Firm’s governance around new use cases for vendor data and delivering initiatives around digital rights management, cloud data delivery, data exchanges and ESG data. Prior to taking on this role in 2021, Barry was Lead Counsel for Market Data & Index Licensing in Goldman Sachs’ Legal Division and prior to joining Goldman Sachs Barry spent 16 years at an international law firm working on technology and outsourcing projects