Wednesday, June 9, 2004, New York City, Metropolitan Club

Ridgely Walters
Senior Director
Client Development and Sales,
Dow Jones Indexes

Ridgely Walters is senior director of Client Development and Sales for Dow Jones Indexes and has responsibility for business development in the Americas.

Mr. Walters joined Dow Jones & Company in 1985 and participated in the development of the Dow Jones Global Indexes since their inception in the early 90's. Mr. Walters managed the Corporate Information Services Statistics group from 1995 to 1999 where he was responsible for the development of new index series and managing the market data and index production operation. He was a member of the Dow Jones STOXX Index Design Committee when it began in 1997. In 1999 Mr. Walters became the director of Index Operations for Dow Jones Indexes and in 2001 he became the director of Index Services for Dow Jones Indexes with responsibility for project management of index product development and support for Dow Jones Indexes. In 2003 Mr. Walters was appointed to his current position and also became the president of Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes, Inc.

Mr. Walters received a Bachelors of Science degree in Finance from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania.