Guillermo joined MSCI as Executive Director in the Index Solutions Team. He is responsible for working with asset owners on global and factor index strategies as well as ESG integration.

Prior to joining MSCI, Guillermo held several roles at FTSE Russell including most recently as Director of Alternatively Weighted Indexes for the Americas and Europe. In this role, he worked closely with asset owners and managers on the analysis and implementation of factor indexes. As Product Manager with Russell Indexes, he led the creation of index products used for benchmarking and passive replication by some of the world’s largest asset owners and ETF providers.

He started his career at J.P. Morgan Chase Capital Markets in New York City where he worked on the equity and fixed income trading desks.

Guillermo holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Washington and a BA in Music and Business Administration from the University of Miami.

Rachael Camargo, CFA is an Executive Director on the ESG and Climate Index Product team at MSCI with a strategic focus on Asset Managers, Wealth Management and Insurance. She partners with clients globally to deliver innovative index solutions. Prior to joining MSCI, Rachael was a Senior Vice President at HSBC Private Bank leading discretionary products and mutual funds within the Investment Strategies and Product Solutions team.

Rachael was the chief ambassador for the Private Bank Americas at HSBC’s Climate Business Council, Global and US Sustainability Forums. Prior to joining HSBC, she held multiple positions at Voya Investment Management (formerly ING) across multi-asset, fixed income, and equities.

Rachael graduated with an MBA from New York University and a BFA summa cum laude from Carnegie Mellon University. She holds the FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses and is a CFA® charterholder.

Hitendra D Varsani is a Managing Director and Global Head of Factor and Derivative Solutions Research at MSCI with 20 years of industry experience based in London. At MSCI, Hitendra has been responsible for innovative research and product development of factor, ESG and Climate indexes in equities and fixed income. Previously, Hitendra was Head of the Quantitative and Derivative Strategies team for EMEA and Asia at Morgan Stanley, where he led the development of a suite of investable global factor-based index strategies across asset classes, spanning equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities as well as futures and options. Hitendra holds a degree in mathematics and computer science from Kings College London, and a Masters in mathematical finance from Imperial College London.