EBS Global Facility Limited - SEF Application – Exhibit B-1: SEF

Officers, Directors and Committee Members

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EBS Global Facility Limited - SEF Application 

Exhibit B-1: SEF Officers, Directors and Committee Members 
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Officers, Directors and Committee Members

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Contents 

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1.1 Officers:.......................................................................................................................... 3 

1.2 Directors and Committee Members: .............................................................................. 3 

1.3 Officer, Director and Committee Member Biographical Information: ............................. 3 

Gil Mandelzis.........................................................................................................................3 

Eliran Glazer ........................................................................................................................ 4 

Ivan Ritossa ........................................................................................................................ 4 

Stuart Wexler...................................................................................................................... 5 

Jason Cohen...................................................................................................................... 5 

Darryl Hooker..................................................................................................................... 5 

Ian Chicken........................................................................................................................ 6 

Deborah Abrehart................................................................................................................ 6

1.4 Violations, Disciplinary Actions, Disqualifications: ........................................................ 7 
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Exhibit B-1: SEF Officers, Directors and Committee Members

1.1 Officers:

• Gil Mandelzis – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President 

• Eliran Glazer – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 

• Stuart Wexler – Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel 

• Jason Cohen – Chief Operating Officer 

• Deborah Abrehart – Company Secretary 

1.2 Directors and Committee Members:

• Gil Mandelzis – Chairman of the Board of Directors 

• Ivan Ritossa – Public Director and Chairperson of Regulatory Oversight Committee 

• Jason Cohen – Director and Member of Regulatory Oversight Committee 

• Darryl Hooker – Director 

• Ian Chicken – Director 

1.3 Officer, Director and Committee Member Biographical

Information:

Gil Mandelzis 

Title: Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors 

Officer positions held since: April 15, 2016

To be appointed to the Board as the Chairman prior to EBS Global Facility Limited becoming 

operational, once board appointment is approved by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.

Narrative: Gil Mandelzis co-founded Traiana in April 2000 and on his appointment as Chief 

Executive Officer of EBS BrokerTec in March 2012, was appointed Executive Chairman of 

Traiana. Mr. Mandelzis led Traiana’s growth from a small start-up to a recognised global 

leader in post trade services resulting in Traiana’s acquisition by ICAP in 2007. Mr. Mandelzis 

was appointed to the New York Federal Reserve’s Foreign Exchange Committee in 2012.
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Eliran Glazer 

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 

Positions held since: April 15, 2016 

Narrative: Eliran Glazer was appointed Chief Financial Officer of EBS BrokerTec in September 

2012. Before joining EBS BrokerTec, Mr. Glazer was Chief Financial Officer for Traiana and 

previously served as Director of Finance at Schema Ltd. Prior to Schema Ltd, Mr. Glazer filled 

the role of Controller of BackWeb Technologies, a leading provider of Proactive Portal 

technologies and push infrastructure for the enterprise environment. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. 

Glazer was at KPMG and was responsible for customers in the high-tech, communication and 

services industries.

Ivan Ritossa

Title: Public Director and Chairperson of Regulatory Oversight Committee 

To be appointed to the Board as a Public Director and member of the Regulatory Oversight 

Committee prior to EBS Global Facility Limited becoming operational, once board appointment 

is approved by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.

Narrative: In 2013, Ivan Ritossa was appointed as an independent, non-executive director of 

ICAP plc. On August 7, 2013, Mr. Ritossa was appointed a public director and member of the 

regulatory oversight committee of ICAP SEF (US) LLC. Mr. Ritossa has worked in investment 

banking for 30 years, based in the UK, Asia and Australia. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Ritossa 

was the Head of Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa across 

all products for Barclays Capital, and also represented Barclays Bank PLC as a non-executive 

director of the ABSA Group Board and ABSA Bank Limited. The ABSA Group Limited is listed 

on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is one of South Africa’s largest banks. From 2007 

to 2012, Mr. Ritossa also served on the Executive Committee for Barclays Capital. Whilst at 

Barclays, Mr. Ritossa also served as an executive director of Barclays Saudi Arabia, a closed 

joint stock company regulated by the Capital Markets Authority. Mr. Ritossa has been a 

member of numerous industry committees including the New York Federal Reserve Foreign 

Exchange Committee, The Bank of England Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee and 

the Singapore Foreign Exchange Markets Committee. He has an honours degree in Finance 

from the University of New South Wales, Australia. 

 
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Stuart Wexler

Title: Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel 

Positions held since: April 15, 2016

Narrative: Stuart Wexler is General Counsel of the Americas for ICAP North America Inc., 

responsible for management of the legal and compliance function for ICAP’s U.S. and Latin 

American businesses. Prior to joining ICAP in April 2009, Mr. Wexler was with Merrill, Lynch, 

Pierce, Fenner and Smith, initially as First Vice President and Head of Fixed Income 

Compliance for the Global Markets and Investment Banking division, and subsequently, 

Managing Director and Head of Sales and Trading Compliance for that division. From 1999 to 

2005, Mr. Wexler served as Managing Director and Associate General Counsel with Greenwich 

Capital where he was responsible for providing regulatory and compliance advice to each of the 

firm’s fixed income businesses. Mr. Wexler obtained a B.A. in History, magna cum laude, from 

Yale College in 1989, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from New York University School of Law 

in 1994. He was a member of and past Chairman of the FINRA Fixed Income Advisory 

Committee, and is currently a member of the Treasury Market Practices Group. 

Jason Cohen

Title: Chief Operating Officer, Director and Member of Regulatory Oversight Committee 

Positions held since: Director – September 25, 2014; Officer and Committee Member – 

April 15, 2016 

Narrative: Jason Cohen was appointed Chief Operating Officer of EBS BrokerTec in May 2012. 

Prior to this, Mr. Cohen was the COO for ICAP Electronic Broking in the Americas and before 

that, Director of Financial Analysis and Planning for BrokerTec (acquired by ICAP in 2003). 

Prior to joining ICAP, Mr. Cohen was Vice President of Management Reporting and Analysis at 

Morgan Stanley and held consulting roles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen. 

Darryl Hooker

Title: Director 

Position held since: September 25, 2014 

Narrative: Darryl Hooker has been Co-Head of EBS BrokerTec Markets since July 2015. In 

more than 15 years at EBS and other ICAP subsidiaries, Mr. Hooker has had a number of 

different roles, including most recently Head of EBS Market. Previously he was Head of 

Strategic Currency Initiatives and prior to this served as Head of Emerging Markets and Growth 

Markets. Mr. Hooker has been a representative member of the WMBA since 2003 and was a 

member of the LBMA Public Affairs Committee until 2011; he has been an active member of the 

ACI UK Committee since 2007. Before joining EBS, Mr. Hooker held a variety of senior 

positions with Reuters and M.W. Marshall in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South 

Africa, the Middle East and UK. 

 
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Ian Chicken 

Title: Director 

To be appointed to the Board as a Director prior to EBS Global Facility Limited becoming 

operational, once board appointment is approved by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.

Narrative: Ian Chicken is Business Transformation Director, responsible for the design and 

separation of post trade and electronic markets businesses including EBS and BrokerTec from 

within the existing ICAP Group. Mr. Chicken is also a Director of ISDX and BrokerTec Europe 

Limited. Previously, Mr. Chicken was Global Head of BrokerTec Direct, responsible for the 

design and launch of a new disclosed streaming platform for US Treasuries, and before that 

was Chief Operating Officer for BrokerTec and ISDX having re-joined ICAP in October 2012, 

focusing on market developments and new business initiatives. Prior thereto from January 2011 

to September 2012, Mr. Chicken was Executive Director – Business Change at NYSE 

Euronext, responsible for the NYSE LIFFE Business interface to IT, both internally and 

externally, and also managing the Account Management team. Mr. Chicken was a Director of 

LIFFE Administration and Management, the Recognised Investment Exchange. Mr. Chicken 

worked at ICAP Electronic Broking as Chief Operating Officer from March 2000 to December 

2010, working with Fixed Income Operations and IT areas across Europe to implement ICAP's 

electronic trading platforms and was responsible for installing and managing the group’s links 

with Central Counterparties, Futures Exchanges and other clearing services, and was also 

responsible for the day-to-day running of ICAP’s European Electronic Broking unit. From March 

2010 to December 2010 Mr. Chicken was involved in ICAP’s Post Trade businesses, 

particularly involved with Trioptima, Reset and Rematch. Mr. Chicken was chair of the 

European Repo Council’s Operations Group until October 2010, responsible for reviewing 

settlement issues and involved in producing a White Paper on Repo issues in Europe. Mr. 

Chicken was a Director of Trading Cross Connects until December 2010, an infrastructure and 

seed capital provider for high frequency trading firms. Prior to joining ICAP, Mr. Chicken worked 

for HSBC from 1987 to 2000, in a variety of roles in London, Stockholm and Paris. Latterly he 

was Senior Manager of HSBC’s Fixed Income Settlements and Futures Clearing groups. Mr. 

Chicken has an LLB from Bristol University and is an Associate of the Charted Institute of 

Bankers and the Securities Institute. 

Deborah Abrehart

Title: Company Secretary 

Position held since: March 15, 2016

Narrative: Deborah Abrehart was appointed Group Company Secretary of ICAP plc in January 

2006. From 2000 to 2005, Mrs. Abrehart was Group Company Secretary for easyJet plc. From 

1979 to 2000, Mrs. Abrehart worked in a number of listed public companies as either assistant 

secretary, deputy group secretary or as group company secretary. Mrs. Abrehart is a Fellow of 

the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Mrs. Abrehart holds an HND in 

Business Studies from Guildford College from which she graduated in 1977. 

 
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1.4 Violations, Disciplinary Actions, Disqualifications:

EBS Global Facility Limited is not aware of any of its Officers, Directors or Committee 

Members being or having been the subject of any (i) order of the CFTC pursuant to Section 5e 

of the Commodity Exchange Act (the “Act”), (ii) conviction or injunction within the past ten 

years, (iii) disciplinary action within the last five years, (iv) disqualification under Sections 8b 

and 8d of the Act, (v) disciplinary action under Section 8c of the Act or (vi) violation pursuant to 

Section 9 of the Act.