Sherifa Issifu is Associate Director, Global Exchanges at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). Sherifa is leading S&P DJI's tokenization, crypto and blockchain index innovation initiative as part of the Global Exchanges team. In her role, Sherifa works closely with the sales, channel, marketing and research departments.​

Previously, she was in U.S. Equity Indices, responsible for providing insights and thought leadership on S&P DJI’s U.S. equity index suite, including the S&P 500® and The Dow®, and assisting with the development of new benchmarks for market participants. Prior to that, Sherifa worked in Index Investment Strategy, where she provided research and commentary on the entire S&P DJI product set, including U.S. and global equities, commodities, fixed income and economic indices. In this role, Sherifa became a frequent contributor to financial media outlets and was co-author of the S&P DJI Daily Dashboard and a regular presenter on the S&P DJI Weekly Index Strategy Update Call.

Before joining S&P DJI, Sherifa worked as an analyst for Citigroup in Global Markets and Securities Services, across asset classes and functions.