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Scott Key is President and Chief Executive Officer for IHS and a member of the company's board of directors. Previously, Mr. Key served as Chief Operating Officer for IHS and as Senior Vice President of Global Products and Services. Prior to these positions, he served as President and COO of IHS Global Insight from October 2008 until January 2010.

Mr. Key joined IHS in 2003 to lead strategy, marketing and product teams for the IHS energy business, and has led transformation and growth across IHS operations in his ten years with the company. He was involved in supporting the IHS initial public offering, led corporate marketing and strategic planning, and has led acquisition integration efforts, including the largest IHS acquisitions. During his tenure at IHS, he has held leadership positions that span each of the company's information and insight assets in economics, energy, security, product lifecycle and environment.

Mr. Key also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of IHS Jane's and Chairman of IHS Fairplay from 2007-2008. In addition, he led the EMEA/APAC sales organization and IHS integrated sales team on a global basis. Based in Denver from 2003 to 2007, he served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Marketing and led Energy, Strategy, Products and Marketing.

Prior to joining IHS in 2003, Mr. Key served as a senior executive in energy technology and services, based in Houston. He served as deepwater development manager for Vastar Resources from 1998 to 2000 and was employed by Phillips Petroleum in a range of international and domestic roles of increasing scope from 1987 to 1998.

Mr. Key holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both physics and mathematics from the University of Washington in Seattle as well as a Master's degree in geophysics from the University of Wyoming.