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Albert Helmig

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Albert Helmig is the CEO of Grey House LLC, a global financial consulting firm. He previously served as president of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) from 2009-2012. He retired from the exchange in August of 2012. He is also on the international advisory board at the Energy Intelligence Group. 
Helmig has been a consultant in the commodity and energy trading industry since 2000 and has more than 35 years of experience in the commodity trading industry. He also serves as director of the International Precious Metals Institute. 
== Background ==
Helmig was vice chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange from 1998 to 2000, under former chairman Daniel Rappaport. 
While at NYMEX, he chaired over twenty committees, including regulatory, clearing, contract design, control, delivery and marketing committees. As chairman of marketing and vice chairman of the exchange, he was the global spokesman for NYMEX for over ten years, representing the exchange with the energy industry, foreign governments and exchanges at industry forums. 
He was a member of NYMEX for 16 years and owned and operated the largest independent floor execution service on NYMEX/COMEX with an international clientele. He served on the NYMEX board from 1991 to 2000. 
Helmig also served as a director of Platinum Energy Resources Inc. from April 25, 2005 to May 11, 2007.
== Education ==
Helmig holds bachelor of science degrees in finance and economics from Philadelphia University.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Exchange Presidents
Category:Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Executives
Category:Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
Albert L. H. Cheng

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Albert Cheng joined the World Gold Council in 1993 and became managing director, Far East, in 2003. His role includes responsibility for all operations in the region.
== Background ==
During his early career in the 1980’s, Cheng was with Dentsu, Young and Rubicam, Hong Kong, as a Dentsu Account Director.
Cheng's career in gold marketing began in July, 1985 when he joined the Royal Canadian Mint as a manager for Southeast Asia. His responsibilities include market development, regional sales and promotional support activities for the Mint's numismatic and Maple Leaf family of bullion products. In April 1990, he was promoted to regional manager, Asia Pacific with added responsibility in Japan and Korea as well. In 1991, Cheng had taken up additional responsibility to help the International Olympic Committee, Centennial Coin Programme to build up the distribution network in Asia Pacific and to market and promote these coins throughout the region.
== Education ==
Cheng holds a degree in Business Administration with a major in marketing from the Chinese University in Hong Kong.
== References ==	
Category:World Gold Council
Category:World Gold Council Executives
Albert de Haan

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Albert de Haan is managing director of Carbon Rooster, an advisory services firm in the carbon trading space. 
 
== Background ==
A financial and environmental markets industry veteran, de Haan was previously co-founder of European Climate Exchange (ECX) and commercial director of ECX where he served from 2004 to 2008. 
Born in 1954, de Haan began his career as a trader in bank notes and bullion at ABN bank in 1974. From 1974 through 1980, he worked as a forward trader at ABN Rotterdam. From 1980 to 1985, de Haan worked at Slavenburg Bank and became head of the dealing room in 1983 after the firm's name was changed to Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland. 
From 1985 to 2004 he served as deputy head of the dealing room for Mees & Hope Rotterdam. In 1992, de Haan was appointed European head of forex and short-term interest rates at Mees & Hope. After the merger that created MeesPierson, he became global head sales and marketing global financial markets MeesPierson in 1994. 
He also served as head of business development global financial markets at Fortis, responsible for starting its energy trading desk in Amsterdam in 2000. 
In 2001, de Haan served as a member of the advisory board of FinEdge BV Rotterdam, providing currency overlay models for Fortis Asset Management with Shell Pension Fund and Global Markets Brussels. In 2003, de Haan helped create and operate the Fortis Carbon Banking Venture. 
== Education ==
== References ==
Category:ECX - Former Employees
Category:Fortis - Former Employees
Category:Meespierson - Former Employees
Alberta Stock Exchange

In 1999 the Alberta Stock Exchange merged with the Vancouver Stock Exchange to form the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) handling trading in junior equities. The Canadian Dealing Network, Winnipeg Stock Exchange, and the equities portion of the Montreal Exchange later merged with CDNX.
In 2001, the CDNX was acquired and rebranded as TSX Venture Exchange by the Toronto Stock Exchange, which itself was rebranded as the TSX Group Inc. In December 2007, TSX Group merged with Montréal Exchange Inc. to form TMX Group Inc.
== History ==
The Alberta Stock Exchange was incorporated on October 25, 1913 by an act of the Province of Alberta and began operations in 1914 . Edmund Taylor was the first president of the exchange, which has been the principal petroleum industry exchange in Canada. From 1917 to 1925 operations ceased, partly as a result of the war. From 1926 to 1975 it operated as Calgary Stock Exchange. 
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:Exchanges
Category:Stock Exchanges
Category:North American Exchanges
Alberto Weisser

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Alberto Weisser is a agribusinss executive. He is currently a member of the board of PepsiCo Inc.
He was previously the CEO and chairman of the board, Bunge Limited. He joined Bunge as its chief financial officer in July of 1993. He was appointed chief executive officer in 1999 and the chairman and CEO in May 2001. He has served on Bunge’s board of directors since May of 1997. Weisser is also a board member of International Paper and Rabobank’s North American Agribusiness Advisory Board. He is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and Council of the Americas. He left Bunge in 2013.
== Background ==
Before joining Bunge, Weisser worked for the BASF Group for 15 years in Brazil, Germany, the U.S. and Mexico.
== Education ==
Weisser has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has participated in several post-graduate programs at Harvard, INSEAD and other business schools.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Bunge - Former Employees
Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin

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Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin is the chief executive officer of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). He assumed that role on May 24, 2021. He is also a member of the board executive committee and corporate social responsibility committee. 
The first non-Chinese person to head HKEX, Aguzin is Argentinian by birth and a permanent resident of Hong Kong. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish, but not Mandarin.
Aguzin also serves on the board of directors of Latin American e-commerce and payments company MercadoLibre and the boards of trustees of the Asia Society and the Eisenhower Fellowships. 
== Background ==
Aguzin was previously chief executive officer of the international private bank business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its Asia Pacific chairman and CEO. In the latter role, he guided the company's expansion in China. 
He joined J.P. Morgan in 1990 in Buenos Aires as a financial analyst in the Credit Group and was with J.P. Morgan for 30 years.
== Education ==
He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
== References ==
Aleks Kins

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Aleks Kins was co-founder, president and CEO of AlphaMetrix, a registered commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator, an alternative investment advisory firm that specialized in trading manager research, due diligence and developing technology for risk management and quantitative analysis purposes. He is also a principal with Dekla Financial LLC, an introducing broker. The firm collapsed in 2013 amid allegations of misappropriation of funds and "issuing false or misleading account statements to conceal fraud."
On December 18, 2014, the CFTC revoked the registration of Kins and AlphaMetrix under the terms of a settlement reached with the commission, which also included the payment of restitution of $2.8 million, plus a civil penalty of $2.8 million. 
== Background ==
Kins has managed institutional portfolios and investing with commodity trading advisors (CTA) and hedge funds for well over a decade. He has conducted due diligence on, and allocated assets to, several hundred alternative investment trading advisors. He is often cited in industry publications discussing topics in the realm of alternative investments. Kins has been the author or co-author of several book chapters and articles on the subject of alternative investments as well, and he is regularly invited to speak at global industry conferences.
Prior to AlphaMetrix , Kins was the president and co-founder of Access Asset Management, a Chicago-based division of RQSI. While at Access, Kins created the Emerging CTA Index Fund. Kins was also previously with Carr Global Advisors, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Indosuez. He also worked in the research department at Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
== Education ==
Kins holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Brown University.
== Registration ==
*ALEKS A KINS - NFA ID: 0309296
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Commodity Trading Advisors
Category:Commodity Pool Operators
Category:AlphaMetrix - Former Employees
Category:AlphaMetrix
Alessandro Cocco

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Alessandro Cocco is Chicago-based lawyer, banker and economist who serves as a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He oversees the Financial Markets Group, a multidisciplinary team that analyzes public policy issues in global financial markets. Cocco plays a key role in communicating the team’s findings to senior Federal Reserve officials, other regulators, industry leaders and the general public.
He joined the Chicago Fed in that role on October 21, 2019.
== Background ==
Cocco has 25 years of legal and financial services experience. Most recently, he served as managing director and associate general counsel at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he managed a wide range of efforts related to financial services regulation, futures, swaps, clearing, financial technology, and compliance. He has international experience in financial markets and regulation in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is qualified to practice law in the U.S., U.K. and Italy.
Besides JP Morgan, Cocco has also served as a vice president of Deutsche Bank and an associate with the law firm of Allen & Overy.
== Education ==
Cocco has a Master of Laws degree from New York University, a graduate and postgraduate degree in English Legal Practice from the University of Law, and a postgraduate degree in Law, International Law and Legal Studies from the University of East Anglia.
== References ==	
Category:JP Morgan - Former Emnployees
Category:Deutsche Bank - Former Employees
Category:Allen & Overy - Former Employees
Category:Lawyers
Alex Albert

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Alex Albert is a Washington, DC-based American businessman and lobbyist associated with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading global operator of exchanges and clearing houses. Albert is co-head of government affairs at the ‎ICE. He joined the exchange in that role in March of 2010.
Albert is also a member of the board of directors of the Commodity Markets Council.
== Background ==
Albert is a prominent Republican strategist renowned for his bipartisan approach. With over seventeen years of experience, he began his political career in the Georgia state legislature before serving as chief of staff to Democratic U.S. Senator Zell Miller. In this role, he collaborated closely with President George W. Bush's administration on key issues such as the federal budget, homeland security, and judicial confirmations, propelling Senator Miller to national recognition.
Albert's expertise extends to both legislative and executive branches, having served as legislative director and advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell. He played pivotal roles in major federal initiatives, including the 1996 Farm Bill and the 2001 Education Reauthorization. Additionally, Albert served in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush as assistant to the director of the Peace Corps.
Beyond his governmental roles, Albert is accomplished in media relations, with his work, often ghostwritten for Senator Coverdell, published in prestigious outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Atlanta Journal Constitution.
== Education ==
Albert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University in political science and government (1984-1988). While at Fordam, Albert was selected by the Associated Press for the 1-AA All American football team in 1986 and 1987.
== References ==	
Category:Commodity Markets Council - Board Members
Alex Beausang

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Alex Beausang is the head of global trading at Title Trading Services USA Inc.
He was previously a senior vice president of sales for RTS Realtime Systems Group. At RTS he was responsible for sales operations across the United States. He left the company in November of 2009.
== Background ==
Beausang has traded on a number of exchanges located in Europe, Russia and the U.S.Products that he has traded have included fixed incomes. 
== References ==	
Category:RTS Realtime Systems - Former Employees
Category:RTS Realtime Systems
Alex Gerko

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Alex Gerko is a Russian-born, London-based quantitative trader, philanthropist and the founder of XTX Markets, an electronic market-making and liquidity provider in the global financial industry. He is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of quantitative trading and his pioneering efforts in developing advanced trading algorithms and technology.
His firm handles almost $300 billion in daily volume trading equities, commodities, currency and fixed income, which has made him a billionaire and in 2023 the U.K.'s biggest taxpayer. 
Gerko set up a family office to manage his wealth, which he named Cromulon Capital after a species of human head-shaped planets from the science fiction TV show Rick and Morty. 
== Background ==
Gerko grew up in a modest neighborhood in Moscow, attending an ordinary school in the city's suburbs. His exceptional mathematical talent emerged early and he participated in city-wide competitions by the age of 12. He aspired to win a Fields Medal, akin to a Nobel Prize in mathematics. 
In 2006, Gerko relocated to London, acquiring British citizenship ten years later. He renounced his Russian citizenship in 2022 and was outspoken in his criticism of Russia's Ukraine invasion. 
Gerko initially traded equities at Deutsche Bank before transitioning to foreign exchange. Following his tenure at Deutsche Bank, he joined the hedge fund GSA Capital in 2009, subsequently launching XTX.
Gerko established XTX Markets in January of 2015. He holds a majority stake in the business, having amassed an estimated fortune of $6.4 billion, as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. 
From 2017 to 2024, XTX donated over £100 million to various charitable causes, including £10 million to the NHS during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gerko and XTX also contributed at least £20 million to aid Ukraine since the commencement of the Russian invasion. More recently, they provided £1.6 million in funding to the United Nations Refugee Agency to assist Armenia in accommodating the influx of refugees from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
== Education ==
Gerko received a doctorate from Moscow State University and later studied at the New Economic School. 
== References ==	
Category:Quantitative Traders
Category:Proprietary Traders
Alex Goor

Alex Goor is chief information officer of Interactive Data Corporation. In this role, Mr. Goor is responsible for development and operations across Interactive Data globally. He is a member of the Board of Directors of BondDesk Group LLC. From April 2005 to June 2007, he was Co-CEO and CIO of Instinet, Inc. Previously, he was president of Inet ATS, Inc., Instinet Group’s electronic marketplace subsidiary established in November 2003, and also supervised the merger between Instinet, LLC and Island Holding Company. 
Before joining Instinet, Mr. Goor was the chief strategy officer of Datek Online Holdings Corporation (DOHC), where he supervised all corporate finance and business development efforts. He was also president of Watcher Technologies, a DOHC technology development and licensing subsidiary catering to professional traders and before that was president of Datek Online Brokerage Services, the firm's online brokerage subsidiary. 
Mr. Goor currently serves on the technology committee of New York Presbyterian Hospital and is a graduate of Columbia University.
Alex J. Pollock

Alex J. Pollock is a resident fellow of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) in Washington, D.C. He focuses on financial policy issues, including government-sponsored enterprises, retirement finance, housing finance, corporate governance, accounting standards, and issues raised by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Pollock has served as a member of the board of the CME Group since 2004. 
In November 2019, CME Group announced that Pollock would step down from the company's board effective November 15 to become principal deputy director of the Office of Financial Research at the U.S. Treasury Department. 
He also serves on the boards of Allied Capital Corporation, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and the Great Books Foundation.
In June of 2009, he was rumored to be on a short list of possible nominees for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a bipartisan panel being formed to investigate the causes of the 2007 financial crisis. 
== Background ==
Before joining AEI in 2004, Pollock spent some 35 years in the banking business, most recently as chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. He also served as president and CEO of Community Federal Savings in St. Louis. 
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:CME Group
Category:CME Group Board
Alex Jacobson

Alex Jacobson is CEO of Exitos Global, which he joined in August 2016.
Jacobson was previously vice president at OptionsXpress.
He is an options expert who retired from the International Securities Exchange in July of 2010. Prior to his retirement, he was the education officer of ISE. Jacobson serves as an instructor for The Options Industry Council (OIC). 
== Background ==
Before joining ISE, he spent 16 years at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) where he was a founding member of CBOE's Options Institute.
In December of 2008, the ISE announced that it had launched an options trading education section on its Web site, offering a suite of enhanced educational tools and content for traders of all levels of options trading experience. As part of the effort, ISE created an “Ask the Experts” tool, allowing investors to directly contact ISE’s renowned in-house educators, Jacobson and Steve Meizinger, to ask the options trading questions relevant to their individual needs.
From 1985 to 2000, he was with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), most recently as vice president of business development. During his tenure at CBOE, Jacobson was instrumental in developing CBOE’s liaison to the brokerage community. Prior to 1985, Jacobson was a top-producing broker and options trainer at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Jacobson has been quoted in the financial media and has taught in the training schools of major brokerage firms and several foreign derivatives exchanges. He is also a contributing author to the book Master Traders published by Wiley Publishers in late 2006. 
== Education ==
Jacobson has an MBA in Finance from DePaul University, Chicago, and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Educators
Category:International Securities Exchange - Former Employees
Category:International Securities Exchange
Category:Authors
Category:OptionsXpress
Category:Business Development Professionals
Alex Lamb

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Alexander Lamb is a veteran futures industry technology executive who serves as head of Americas for Scila AB. Previously, he was head of business development for The Technancial Company Ltd. He was also the CEO of A4, a consulting firm.
Earlier, he was senior vice president for business development and marketing with RTS Realtime Systems Group. RTS and Lamb announced his departure on June 21, 2011.
He joined RTS in November 2006 and was responsible for global development of the company’s commercial and exchange relationships. He was appointed to RTS's executive board on Sept. 15, 2008. 
He is a member of the Account Management Working Group of FIX Protocol Limited, a not-for-profit group supporting the FIX global communications standard.
== Background ==
Lamb has held several senior positions in the trading software industry in the US, Asia and Europe. He has a background in commodity management, trading and clearing operations, with more than 10 years of experience in trading technology. He has been an independent consultant in the area of front-, middle- and back-office systems for trading and brokerage firms.
He previously served as COO of EasyScreen plc and head of product management and technical sales.
He also served as director of software development for Goldenberg, Hehmeyer and Company, Inc. and director of business development at Trading Technologies.
== Published Works ==
*Unbundling the ISVs
== Resources ==
*Video: Alex Lamb, RTS on Automated Trader
*LinkedIn Profile
== References ==	
Category:Goldenberg, Hehmeyer and Company, Inc. - Former Employees
Category:RTS Realtime Systems - Former Employees
Category:RTS Realtime Systems
Category:Trading Technologies - Former Employees
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Category:CEOs
Category:Technancial - Former Employees
Alex Lenhart

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Alex Lenhart is a banking and exchange executive who currently serves as senior vice president, UK country manager and head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the Singapore Exchange (SGX). He is based in the company's London office.
== Background ==
Lenhart was previously managing director and EMEA head of prime derivative services at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2009. 
Before working at Credit Suisse, Lenhart served as managing director at UBS bank for five years. He has also held the role of vice president at JP Morgan Chase and he served as a fixed income derivative trader at DZ Bank.
== Education ==
Lenhart holds a bachelor of arts degree with honors from University of Kent in the field of politics and international relations.
He also holds a masters degree from University of Oxford in management studies.
== References ==	
Category:UBS - Former Employees
Category:JP Morgan - Former Employees
Category:Exchange Executives
Category:SGX