James Satloff

Advisory Board Member at Backstop Solutions Group

Jim was most recently the Executive Chairman of InvestorForce, which provides advanced performance management solutions for institutional investment consultants. Jim led the management team in the firm's sale to MSCI.

Previously, Jim was Executive Managing Director for Standard & Poor's Investment Services business, where he oversaw S&P's portfolio of global institutional markets businesses for all aspects of the strategy, growth, and worldwide expansion of S&P's institutional investor market and mutual fund segments. Jim was previously the President of S&P's Compustat division. Jim has also been the CEO of the investment bank C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, CEO of the internet media company Inform, as well as Managing Director at both Salomon Brothers and Bankers Trust Company.

Jim has an MBA from Columbia University Business School and a BA from Columbia College, where he majored in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence with a concentration in Humanities and French. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liberty Skis Corporation, and as a Board Director of Larkspur & Hawk, a luxury goods manufacturer, and he has also served as an Independent Director for PH2 Advisors, a Cayman Islands hedge fund.