Dan Bennett

As Head of Technology & Data for Commodity Insights, Dan is responsible for the end-to-end platforms, innovations, data science and operations that the division uses to ingest, create, curate, model and deliver data & software to customers and internal users. Dan was promoted to cover technology in March 2024.

Previously, Dan was Chief Data Officer for the division, responsible for defining and implementing a unified data strategy for the business which included setting standards for data governance and quality. 

Prior to S&P Global, Dan was CTO/CIO at Castlelake, L.P., a global private investment firm. There he lead a global team and managed service providers covering all aspects of information security, technology and facilities.

Before that, Dan held senior technology roles with Thomson Reuters, latterly between 2014-2018 as Vice President, Enterprise Data Services, where he led a global team and established a multi-tenant big data platform for content and usage data. 

Dan counts 30+ years’ experience in technology leadership, system architecture and design on a variety of platforms and projects with extensive experience in systems and data modeling in multiple technologies. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence from The University of Leeds, UK.