Market Data Professionals Search
MDP is a boutique Executive Search Bureau for the Financial Services Industry focussing on Market Data related positions in the following areas:
- Market Data Management
- Procurement
- Compliance
- Business Analysis
- Technology & Support
- Finance & Administration
MDP believes that a broad understanding of market data business skills and industry knowledge are essential for identifying appropriate candidates. Developing a consultative relationship with our clients is critical to our effectiveness. By partnering with our clients we develop a comprehensive understanding of their business culture and the various factors facing their industry.
The clients we serve operate often global and are primarily active in the financial services, energy and technology space. MDP has access to a European network of market data specialists, allowing us to be able to support clients with local country expertise.
About MDP Search
MDP is founded by Kees Brooimans and Peter Fruitema.
Kees Brooimans
Kees started his career in the market data industry as a market data consumer in 1982 when he joined a Dutch Private bank called F. van Lanschot Bankiers as junior trader Fixed Income products. During 1984 he joined one of the leading market data vendor firms, Datastream Financial (now part of Refinitiv) as customer support executive and later on as sales manager for Europe. In 1989 he founded together with Peter Fruitema (a colleague at Datastream), Screen Consultants. For more than 30 years now Screen Consultants has been one of the world’s leading boutique firms that specialises on market & reference data advisory services for the Financial Services industry. Through the Screen label we have serviced more than 800 Buy and Sell side end user firms in more than 30 countries worldwide. In 2018 the Screen Group (with the labels Screen Consultants, Screen INFOmatch and Screen Markets) was acquired by TRG and the combined company now is called TRG Screen and is the world’s leading market data management solutions provider.
Peter Fruitema
Peter started his career in the market data industry as a market data consumer in 1985 when he joined ABN as Management trainee. In 1986 he joined Datastream Financial as sales executive Europe where he worked closely with Kees Brooimans servicing clients in continental Europe. During 1988 and part of 1989 he was involved with reselling Stockdata and in 1989 he founded together with Kees Brooimans Screen Consultants. For more than 30 years now Screen Consultants has been one of the world’s leading boutique firms that specialises on market & reference data advisory services for the Financial Services industry. Peter has been driving the development of INFOmatch, Screen’s flagship spend & inventory management product for market data services which is used by more than 100 end user firms worldwide. In 2018 the Screen Group (with the labels Screen Consultants, Screen INFOmatch and Screen Markets) was acquired by TRG and the combined company now is called TRG Screen and is the world’s leading market data management solutions provider.
Why work with MDP Search
There are more than 100.000 recruitment agencies and executive search bureau’s worldwide. None of them however specialises and is solely focussed on helping companies find the best Market Data Professionals. However this is not so strange as it may seem. The Market Data industry is a niche market itself.
The market data jobs MDP Search focusses on are limited in numbers (anywhere between 25.000 and 35.000 worldwide), good people are hard to find and often it is difficult to motivate them for a career switch. Through our 30+ years’ experience in this industry, MDP has better access than anyone else to this market.
It is equally important that MDP understands what it takes to be a Market Data Professional. To be able to qualify good candidates, the recruiter must be “living and breathing” market data himself.
This is what MDP Search stand for!