TheStreet names president of The Deal, BoardEx

TheStreet.com announced Monmday that financial industry veteran Jeffrey Davis has been named president of its institutional services business.

Davis will lead TheStreet’s growing institutional business, including The Deal and BoardEx.

Davis brings more than 25 years of institutional markets experience to TheStreet, joining from Barclays Bank Plc in New York where he was a managing director and global head of client strategy for its institutional capital markets business. Prior to that, he was the global head of execution and advisory for the Barclays Wealth business, based in London.

“Jeff strides both Wall Street and The City in London in a way that perfectly aligns with our plans to expand BoardEx and The Deal into TheStreet’s broader, global media business” said David Callaway, chief executive officer of TheStreet, in a statement. “His track record with clients in the world’s two major financial centers is exactly what we need as we shift our strategy to focus on institutions, licensing and bulk sales.”

Davis will report to Callaway, effective Nov. 1.

Before joining Barclays, Davis spent two decades building and growing technology enabling information businesses and held a number of senior leadership roles including president and operating officer of Dow Jones Licensing, as well as general manager and executive vice-president of MarketWatch.