Business Monitor International

Description

Business Monitor International (“BMI”) is a leading country risk and industry research firm offering comprehensive and timely coverage of 175 countries and 23 industry verticals. BMI content offers clients highly structured, consistent coverage of every country and industry vertical, applying BMI’s proprietary forecasting, risk rating and assessment methodologies. BMI content is sold on an annual subscription basis via Business Monitor Online, BMI’s flagship portal product offering, and via weekly, monthly and quarterly print report products. Businesses, banks, government and academia in over 140 countries worldwide rely on BMI analysis, ratings and forecasts to manage risk and exploit business opportunities, and BMI’s clients include more than 400 of the Global Fortune 500.

Co-Founder & CEO Biography

Richard Londesborough is BMI’s Co-founder/CEO. Graduating with joint honours in Economics and Statistics from Exeter University, he was Finance Editor of The Mexico City News, corresponded for Reuters and The Sunday Times, and was commissioned by Harvard University to research the Nationalization of Mexico’s Banking System. Prior to Mexico, Richard worked as a reporter for one year in Iran.

Richard co-founded BMI in 1984 and, as one of the company’s two CEOs, has driven its rapid expansion into one of the fastest growing companies in the information sector, with clients in over 140 countries. Richard was a co-founder and Chairman of the UK Newsletter Electronic Publishers Association (UK NEPA) in 1999, and board member for six years. He is a frequent speaker at information industry events including Online Information, SIPA (Specialized Information Publishers Association), NEPA, PMD and BMI’s own events.

Co-Founder & CEO Biography

Jonathan Feroze is BMI’s co-founder/CEO. Graduating with honours in History of Art from Cambridge University, he founded and edited the bi-lingual business newspaper, Encuentro, published by The Mexico City News, and corresponded for The Sunday Times. In 1984, he co-founded Business Monitor International, which rapidly grew to develop customers in over 140 countries around the world, for which the company was honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Exports in 1997.

Jonathan is a former Chairman and current Treasurer of the UK Newsletter Electronic Publishers Association (UK NEPA), and has spoken at numerous information industry events, including UK & US SIPA, Directory Publishers Association (DPA), European Business Intelligence Conference (EBIC/ TFPL), InfoUSA (OneSource), and the European Business School Libraries Group (EBSLG).

Headquarters: London, UK
Web Site: www.businessmonitor.com