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Ben Fisbein

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Ben Fisbein is the global head of sales, capital markets and regulatory solutions for Adenza, a role he took on in July 2021 subsequent to the merger of Calypso Technology and AxiomSL. His focus is on helping clients to make better trading decisions, while remaining compliant with current and future regulatory requirements. 
== Background ==
Fisbein came to Adenza from Calypso Technology where he was responsible for managing North American sales.
 
Fisbein spent 14 years at Moody’s Analytics and Fermat before joining Calypso, where he held numerous enterprise software sales management positions in Europe and North America, helping clients comply with risk and capital regulations (Basel and Dodd Frank mainly).
 
== Education ==
Fisbein holds a Master of Engineering, computer science from Cy Tech in France.
== References ==	
Category:Calypso Technology - Former Employee Category:Moody's Analytics - Former Employee
Ben Hurley

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Ben Hurley is a fintech executive who was appointed as the new chief executive officer of Devexperts, a software development company specializing in financial technology solutions, in 2024. He succeeded Michael Babushkin in this role.
== Background ==
=== Devexperts (2022-Present) ===
Hurley joined Devexperts in April 2022 as CEO of Devexperts Ireland Limited and Managing Director of both Devexperts Solutions Ireland Limited and dxFeed Solutions Ireland Limited. In this role, he served as country manager for Ireland and leads strategic international projects related to the company's key business areas, including trading platforms, brokerage automation, complex software development projects, and market data products.
=== Previous Roles ===
Prior to joining Devexperts, Hurley held several senior management positions, including:
* CEO and other senior management roles at NDRC, where he led the company to deliver significant economic impact in the form of market capital of new ventures, leveraged investment, and realisations.
* Vice President of Product Management at Sepro Telecom Ltd (2002-2003), where he worked on award-winning rating and billing software for telecoms, eBusinesses, and financial services. 
* Roles at Innovada, Broadcom, and Ericsson.
Hurley has also provided strategy, operations, and financial consultancy and mentorship in Europe as an independent consultant from 2001 to 2004.
== Education ==
Hurley holds a Bachelor of Arts (Mod) in computer science from Trinity College Dublin. He also holds a MBA and an MSc in computer science, information and communications technologies, telecommunications from the same school. 
== References ==	
Category:CEOs
Category:Fintech Executives
Category:Fintech
Category:Software
Category:Trading Systems
Category:Devexperts
Category:NDRC - Former Employees
Category:Sepro Telecom - Former Employees
Category:Innovada - Former Employees
Category:Broadcom - Former Employees
Category:Broadcom
Category:Ericsson - Former Employees
Category:Ericsson
Ben Kaplan

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Ben Kaplan is a former proprietary trader and public relations professional who currently serves as a vice president of resale revenue strategy and analysis for Ticketmaster in Chicago.
Previously, he was a proprietary trader for Gelber Group LLC. Prior to joining Gelber Group, Kaplan was an account executive with Chicago-based financial communications and PR firm 3Points Communications.
== Background ==
Before joining 3Points Communications, Kaplan was an intern with Financial Dynamics, a privately held public relations firm in Chicago. Additionally, he was an account associate intern with The Abernathy MacGregor Group in Los Angeles, CA.
At 3Points Communications, Kaplan led their market commentary programs and assists with day-to-day client management.
== Education ==
Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Art's degree in economics and sociology from Amherst College in Massachusetts. 
== References ==	
Category:Gelber Group LLC - Former Employees
Category:Proprietary Traders
Category:Public Relations Professionals
Category:3Points Communications - Former Employees
Ben Pott

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Ben Pott is head of government affairs at NEX. In this role, he works on regulatory issues with external and international stakeholders, anticipating, interpreting and communicating changes to policy and legislation that may impact the group’s business.
== Background ==
Before joining NEX (then ICAP) in June 2014, Pott was a policy expert at the European Banking Authority.
== Education ==
He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at York University and holds Masters degrees from Kings.
== References ==
Ben Smith

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Ben Smith is managing partner of First Enercast Financial and has been involved with the energy markets for over ten years. Specifically, Smith reports on crude oil, natural gas and weather derivatives. In addition, he produces a weekly weather map for the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal He has a professional background in energy market information, online information analysis, and media markets. .
 
== Background ==
In addition to his professional work, he has been extensively published across both national and international sources. These include frequent appearances on CNBC, Fox Business News, CBS MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Reuters and many more. 
== Education ==
Smith is a graduate from the University of Washington School of Economics.
== References ==
Category:Weather
Category:Bios - Executives
Ben Van Vliet

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Ben Van Vliet is an assistant professor and the associate director of the M.S. Finance program at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School of Business. His courses include quantitative finance, computer programming and the design and development of automated trading systems. Van Vliet is also a consultant for the financial markets industry on topics including mathematics, technology and management of trading systems. 
In August 2012, Van Vliet introduced AT 9000, a framework for the development of a quality management system for automated trading and HFT based on ISO 9000 engineering standards. 
== Background ==
Van Vliet has co-written books on trading and investments including; Quality Money Management, Modeling Financial Markets and Building Automated Trading Systems.
==Education==
Van Vliet holds a Ph.D. in management science and an MS in financial markets and trading from Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business. In 1994, he earned a BA in business from Calvin College. 
==John Lothian News Interviews==
HFT Rules: Rules for the Algo Highway
Customer confidence has been hit by a number of different events over the past several years and high frequency trading (HFT) problems have been among them. Ben Van Vliet, assistant professor of finance, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology has been looking the creation of a standard set of rules high frequency trading participants can use to ensure safer markets. Van Vliet has helped initiate the AT 9000 system, which would implement standards for HFT design, backtesting, implementation and portfolio and risk management. Van Vliet says its important that the industry support such a project, rather than wait for regulators to dictate new standards and rules for participants. Visit the Restoring Customer Confidence video series page >'''
== References ==	
Category:Authors
Category:Bios - Executives
Bengt Holmstrom

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Dr. Bengt Holmstrom is the Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a joint appointment at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is one of the world's leading economists on workplace incentives. On October 21, 2013, he was awarded the CME Group/MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications. 
Image:Holmstrom CME Award2013.JPG
Holmstrom received the CME Group - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Prize In Innovative Quantitative Applications from Leo Melamed on October 21, 2013.
Holmstrom is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society, where he previously served as the group's president. Additionally, he is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the executive committee for the Center of Economic Policy Research. 
== Background ==
As an operations researcher in the 1970s, Holmstrom traveled to Stanford University on a Fulbright scholarship. He ended up staying at Stanford to earn a Ph.D. and the began teaching economics, first at Northwestern University anf Yale before joining the MIT faculty in 1994. He was head of the economics department from 2003-2006.
Holmstrom's research focuses on workplace incentives and moral hazard. More recently, he has specialized into studying liquidity in money markets during the recent financial crisis. 
== Education ==
Holmstrom holds a B.S. from the University of Helsinki (Finland), and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. 
== References ==
Benita Levy

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Benita Levy is a Chicago-based financial services professional. She is currently a managing director with Mesirow Financial.
Previously, she was the co-head of the Chicago office for MF Global Holdings Ltd. She was named to the position in June of 2011. Levy shared responsibilities for managing MF Global's Chicago office with John Brady, who was also promoted in June of 2011 to co-head of the office.
== Background ==
Prior to joining MF Global, Levy was a senior vice president at FTN Financial Capital Markets. She started her career at Salomon Brothers in 1986, where she eventually became a managing director and head of institutional fixed income and structured product sales for the Midwest region of Citigroup/Salomon Brothers. 
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:MF Global - Former Employees
Category:MF Global
Category:Salomon Brothers - Former Employees
Benjamin Foo

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Benjamin Foo is a Singapore-based financial executive. He currently is a leadership coach.
Formerly, he was head an executive vice president with SGX. was appointed head of operations for the Singapore Exchange.
 
== Background ==
Foo was appointed as a member of the SGX executive committee in 2009. He was also elected as an exchange member of Asia-Pacific Central Depositories Group (ACG) executive committee.
He headed SGX operations from 2009 to 2013, running the securities, derivatives and OTC trading, clearing and settlement. He also handled depository and customer services. 
His work at SGX also included heading marketing, membership and direct trading access for over 2 years. He also headed derivatives strategy and product development at SGX for 2 years.
Foo led the efforts behind the introduction of the SGX AsiaClear oil and freight clearing business in May 2006. AT SGX, he headed functions like product marketing and managed relationships with securities and derivatives members and their overseas affiliates. 
Before joining SGX, Foo was general manager and director of Phillip GNI Futures Pte Ltd, a clearing member of Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Ltd, and also Phillip Trading Pte Ltd, a clearing member of the Singapore Commodity Exchange, from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as vice president for business development at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX), where he was responsible for research, product development and business development from 1988 to 1994. 
== Education ==
Foo holds an MBA in finance and marketing from Loyola University, Chicago.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Singapore Exchange
Category:Former Exchange Executives
Category:Phillip Futures - Former Employees
Category:SIMEX - Former Employees
Benjamin J. Chrnelich

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Benjamin J. Chrnelich is the chief financial officer of NYSE Technologies. 
Chrnelich was named to the position on May 8, 2008, coming to NYSE from Lehman Brothers where he was CAO for equity sales and trading.
 
At NYSE, Chrnelich is responsible for strategy, planning, business reporting and project management for the commercial-technology unit of NYSE Euronext.
== Background ==
Prior to Lehman, Chrnelich was the controller for Schwab Capital Markets and a vice president of finance at Robertson Stephens in San Francisco. 
He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York in their capital markets audit and business advisory group. 
== Education ==
Chrnelich has a BS in accounting from Lehigh University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
== References ==
Category:NYSE Euronext Executives
Category:NYSE Technologies
Category:NYSE Euronext
Category:NYSE Euronext
Category:Chief Financial Officers
Benjamin Jackson

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Benjamin Jackson is an exchange executive who serves as president of the Intercontinental Exchange Group Inc. (ICE). He was appointed to that role in November 2017 after having been ICE's chief commercial officer.
As chief commercial officer, Jackson was responsible for the entirety of the group’s M&A strategy. He took over that role on February 1, 2016. He is the outgoing president of ICE Futures US. and president of NYSE Technologies. He also serves on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee.
== Background ==
Jackson was promoted to the position of president and COO on June 4, 2012, after previously serving as COO of ICE Futures U.S.
== Education ==
Jackson received a B.S. in economics from John Carroll University and later went on to get a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
==Podcasts==
===Inside the ICE House===
== References ==	
Category: ICE
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Benjamin R. Londergan

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Benjamin R. Londergan is former trader and a technology executive who currently serves as a managing director of strategic business development for Simplex. 
Previously, he was executive managing director and head of options trading and technology at ConvergEx.
He was also previously Co-CEO of Group One Trading and a member of the board of directors.
 
He previously served as and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
== Background ==
Before become CEO of Group One, Londergan was derivatives trading managing director and was directly responsible for opening and managing Group One Trading's first European trading operation, G1 Derivatives Trading LTD. 
He was responsible for Group One’s restructuring plan in 2010, which led to the best consecutive four year period in the firm’s history. Londergan was also responsible for implementing an enterprise risk management process at Group One and spearheaded the design and implementation of its proprietary trading software. 
Londergan began his career at Group One Trading, L.P. in 1998. 
== Education ==
Londergan graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University and holds a B.A. degree in Mathematics with minors in French and Economics. He received the Jack D. Tichenor Award for earning the highest GPA among all male varsity athletes.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Proprietary Traders
Category:Group One
Benjamin Soong

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Ben Soong is a Shanghai, China-based financial technology executive, who serves as the president of CQG - Asia Pacific. 
Besides his role with CQG, Soong serves as a strategic advisor at Optio Research, a Web3 innovation lab dedicated to building decentralized crypto infrastructure and trading solutions for institutional investors. He has been in this role since March 2022.
== Background ==
Before joining CQG, Soong served as the head of Asia Pacific at Ledger, a company established in 2014, specializing in security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. 
Soong's career also includes an 11-year run at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he held several key positions. As the managing director and head of Asia Pacific Sales and relationship management from February 2016 to August 2018, he played a pivotal role in driving growth and strengthening relationships within the region. Prior to this, Soong served as vice president, head of north Asia, and vice president, Canada region head.
Soong's career journey began at Deloitte Canada, where he served as a senior associate in transaction services - mergers & acquisitions from April 2006 to July 2007. He later joined KPMG, where he worked as an associate from September 2004 to April 2006, gaining experience in financial services and advisory roles.
== Education ==
*Canadian Securities Institute
*Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
*Queen's University
*Toronto French School
==Video==
Soong was interviewed at FIA Asia 2023, along with fellow CQG executive Pat Kenny.
== References ==	
Category:Deloitte - Former Employees
Category:Ledger - Former Employees
Category:S&P Global Market Intelligence - Former Employees
Benjamin Strong Jr.

Benjamin Strong, Jr., was elected Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the bank’s first board meeting on Oct. 5, 1914. He was 42 at the time.
== Background ==
Throughout the 1920s, Strong promoted more effective cooperation among the world’s central banks and traveled substantially to achieve this objective.
Strong began his financial career in 1891 with Cuyler, Morgan and Co., an investment and financial management firm. He later became assistant secretary of Atlantic Trust Co., and following several mergers was named secretary of Bankers Trust Co. in 1904. He became vice president of the company in 1909, and president in 1914.
== Education ==
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Category:Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Category:Federal Reserve Banks
Category:Federal Reserve System
Benjamin Wolkowitz

Benjamin Wolkowitz is an economist, and formerly headed worldwide futures and options for Morgan Stanley. 
In 2005, as part of the inaugural class, Wolkowitz was inducted into the Futures Industry Association's Futures Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 to commemorate outstanding contributions to the global futures and options community. 
= Background =
After teaching for several years in the Economics Department at Tulane University, Wolkowitz joined the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1973. He ran the Financial Studies section, which was responsible for analyzing and briefing the board members on the impact of monetary and regulatory policy in the financial sector. He also chaired an interagency committee that wrote the regulations governing commercial bank involvement in the financial futures markets. 
Wolkowitz's work at the Fed came to the attention of the New York Futures Exchange, which hired him in 1980 as the staff economist specializing in contract design. 
In 1982, he was hired by Citigroup to head the marketing operation for its financial futures brokerage business. In 1985, he joined Morgan Stanley and held a number of senior positions in its fixed income division, including head of the division’s worldwide futures and options operation. Before retiring from Morgan Stanley at the end of 2000, he was responsible for all e-commerce investments and initiatives in fixed income.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:The Chicago Corporation
Category:Futures Hall of Fame Members
Benn Steil

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Dr. Benn Steil is Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an award-winning writer, and is editor of the scholarly journal International Finance. 
He is the author of the book Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, which analyzes the historical relationship between money and national sovereignty and its importance in understanding contemporary globalization. His areas of expertise are financial markets, securities trading and international finance.
Dr. Steil was a keynote speaker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange's 26th Annual Risk Management Conference in Naples, Florida.
== Background ==
== Education ==
== References ==
Bennett J. Corn

The late Bennett J. Corn was a financial consultant and president of Corn Consulting. During a career in the financial services industry over more than 30 years he also served as president and CEO of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. for 20 years.
== Background ==
Corn also served as president and CEO of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange from March 1997 to May 2001.
== Education ==
Corn studied business management at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
== References ==	
Category:Financial Consultants
Category:Former Exchange CEOs
Category:Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa Exchange - Former Employees
Category:Winnepeg Commodity Exchange - Former Employees
Category:Deceased Industry Executives
Bennett J. Goodman

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Bennett J. Goodman is senior managing director of The Blackstone Group and a member of the Blackstone Group executive committee, is a founder of GSO Capital Partners. 
== Background ==
Previously, Goodman was chairman, founder and managing partner of the Alternative Capital Division of Credit Suisse First Boston. He was responsible for overseeing $33 billion of assets under management, including investment partnerships for private equity investments, mezzanine securities, real estate investments and several credit oriented investment strategies. 
He was a member of the executive board and the management council of CSFB. Additionally, he served as the chairman of the Corporate Bank, overseeing CSFB's $35 billion of global corporate lending activities.
Goodman joined CSFB in 2000 when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ("DLJ") where he was global head of leveraged finance. Bennett Goodman joined DLJ in 1988 as the founder of the high yield capital markets group. In 1993, DLJ became the #1 global issuer of high yield bonds and Goodman's team retained that coveted market position for the next 11 consecutive years. Prior to joining DLJ, he worked in the high yield business at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1984 to 1988.
He is on the Board of Directors of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Cancer Research Institute and the American Jewish Committee (Westchester Chapter). 
He also serves on the Dean's Council of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and the investment committee of the Lafayette College endowment. Mr. Goodman received the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from Euromoney Magazine for his career achievements in the global capital markets.
== Education ==
Goodman graduated from Lafayette College and the Harvard Business School.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:The Blackstone Group
Benoit de Vitry

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Benoit de Vitry is head of global markets - trading, Europe and head of commodities and emerging markets for Barclays Capital. He is responsible for the trading and risk management activities for commodities, emerging markets and the quantitative analytics group. de Vitry is a member of Barclay Capital's Executive Committee. He also serves as vice chair of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. 
== Background ==
de Vitry joined Barclays Capital in April 2000 as a managing director and head of commodities. Previously, he was at CIBC in New York where he was a managing director and head of commodities from 1996 to 2000. From 1993 to 1996, he was a director in global commodity derivatives at Merrill Lynch in London and New York. He began his career with Banque Paribas in 1987. 
From 2004 to 2008, he was a member of the board of directors of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. 
== Education ==
de Vitry holds an MS from M.I.T. and a diplôme d’ingénieur de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. 
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Berenice Corral

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Berenice Corral is the vice president of sales and marketing at the Mexican Derivatives Exchange. 
== Background ==
Corral is a member of the Women In Listed Derivatives' Steering Committee.
== Education ==
Corral graduated from the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City with a degree in business and finance.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:MEXDER
Category:MEXDER