Shaun Wurzbach
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Group (North America)
Shaun Wurzbach is Managing Director and Head of the North American Commercial Group at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The North American Commercial Group combines and unites our client coverage and channel management teams to build relationships and provide a complete client experience. The commercial group licenses our intellectual property and index data and supports our products and services with education and training.
Shaun joined S&P DJI in 2007 as head of the program management office. He led the New York and London-based index calculation teams in 2008, culminating in a reorganizational effort that resulted in a combined international index analysis and production group. He joined the commercial team in 2009 and began the Wealth Management Channel at S&P DJI to increase wealth managers’ awareness of and preference for index-based solutions.
Prior to joining S&P DJI, Shaun was a U.S. Army officer with over 20 years of active duty service, including combat operations as a reconnaissance platoon leader in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Shaun was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Legion of Merit.
Shaun has a master’s degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from The United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a co-founder of VALOR (Veterans and Leaders for Organizational Results), an S&P Global people resources group with over 1,000 members. In 2019, Shaun was selected to serve an inaugural three-year term to S&P Global’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
