Exhibit
31.1


CERTIFICATION
OF
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER


PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE


SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
2002





I,
Nicholas S. Maturo, certify that:





1. I have
reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2009, of
Global Investor Services, Inc.;





2.    Based
on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report;





3.    Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this   annual report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant
as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;





4. The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:





a)
            designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
      that material information relating to the registrant, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this   annual
      report is being prepared;





b)
            designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles;





c)
            evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, and evaluated the effectiveness of
      our internal control over financial reporting, and printed in this report
      our conclusions about the effectiveness of our internal control over
      financial reporting, as of the end of the period covered by this report
      based on such evaluation;





d)
            disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
      fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
      reporting;





5.    The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function):





a) all
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which
could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any
material weaknesses in internal controls; and





b) any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial
reporting.




Dated:
      June 29, 2009
                /s/
      Nicholas S. MaturoNicholas
      S. Maturo
                  Chief
      Executive Officer (principal executive
officer)