Sean Quirke
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Senior Director
I am an experienced business leader with a focus on risk and controls management. I enjoy developing and building teams that feel connected and engaged with the wider company. My Career at S&P Global began in 2014 in the lobby of the Hyatt hotel in Houston, 20 mins before Sally Holton’s taxi picked her up for the airport. As a result, I was hired to lead the Americas BCQ team to support building out operational controls for pricing teams and to improve quality within editorial. I've been very fortunate to be involved in some really big initiatives here at S&P Global. To name a few: the successful application for European Benchmark Regulation (EBMR) in 2018 and in 2021 having my team roll out a more mature framework for Model Governance in Analytics. Before joining S&P Global I spent around 10 years in investment banking for Barclays Capital in London, New York and Houston. I led the Middle Office Trade Support team for the Americas in a number of asset classes, which included commodities. As an undergraduate I attended the University of Portsmouth where I completed a BA degree in Human Geography. I received Full University Colours from Portsmouth for outstanding performance in swimming, representing them in several national championship finals. I like to travel and explore new cultures, so I am currently learning to speak Spanish from a teacher in Cordoba, Argentina. I also love a wide variety of older music genres and enjoy collecting and playing vinyl records. Music to me sounds so much better when it pops and hisses! I’ve been told that I have a very organized and pragmatic approach to things which helps a lot in my current job, making process and risk-based decisions that are achievable and worthwhile to the business.
