Toronto-based TMX Group Ltd. has selected Lou Eccleston as its new CEO. Eccleston is set to assume the role on Nov. 3. and will also become a member of the TMX Group’s board of directors. Eccleston succeeds Tom Kloet, who retired on Oct. 31. Eccleston has held senior leadership roles in various sectors, including information services, financial technology and capital market services. He most recently was president of S&P Capital IQ and chairman of the board for S&P Dow Jones Indices, which are business lines of McGraw Hill Financial Inc. Eccleston was chosen as TMX’s CEO, says Chuck Winograd, TMX Group’s chairman, after an extensive international search.

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