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Andrew J. Ceresney

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Andrew J. Ceresney is director of the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 
On December 8, 2016, the SEC announced that he would step down from that post by the end of the year. 
== Background ==
Before joining the SEC, Ceresney served as a partner in the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he was co-chair of the White Collar Group and focused on representing entities and individuals in white collar criminal and SEC investigations, complex civil litigation and internal corporate investigations. At the firm, he represented Kenneth D. Lewis, the former chief executive of Bank of America who faced regulatory investigations over the bank’s takeover of Merrill Lynch during the depths of the financial crisis.
He also defended JPMorgan from federal inquiries into wrongful foreclosure practices.
He served as Mary Jo White’s lieutenant as both a defense lawyer and as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. 
Prior to joining Debevoise, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was a Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney and a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and the Major Crimes Unit. As a prosecutor, Ceresney handled numerous white collar criminal investigations, trials and appeals, including matters relating to securities fraud, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering.
He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1997 to 1998. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Michael Mukasey, formerly Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1996 to 1997.
== Education ==
Ceresney is a graduate of Columbia College and Yale Law School. 
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Andrew Kusminsky

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Andrew Kusminsky is chief operating officer and chief strategy officer at Perseus, a provider of managed services and high speed connectivity. He oversees global operations, including the company's European and South American offices. As chief strategy officer, he oversees the product development team and is responsible for the strategy to drive the company's continued expansion.
== Background ==
Kusminsky helped spearhead Perseus from the beginning. Before he joined Perseus, he served as vice president of business development at Telx. He has also held senior executive and VP roles at New York metro fiber companies.
== Education ==
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Andrew Lamb

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Andrew Lamb is a former chief executive officer of CME Clearing Europe. He retired on July 31, 2013, four years after joining the exchange.
Lee Betsill succeeded him. 
Lamb was appointed to the newly created position on July 28, 2009. As CEO, he was responsible for the development of strategic initiatives, risk management policies and day-to-day operations.
 
== Background ==
During his career, Lamb was also CEO of LCH.Clearnet Ltd., advised Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) and worked at the Bank of England. 
== Education ==
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Andrew Levander

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Andrew J. Levander is a partner and attorney at Dechert LLP. He focuses on white collar crime and securities litigation, and is the chair of his firm's policy committee. Levander is the criminal attorney for former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine.
In late January 2012, Corzine was sued by former MF Global commodity customers under a racketeering law, with Levander as Corzine's lawyer in the case.
== Background ==
Levander is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in the securities and commodities fraud unit there. He began his career with a clerkship under the Honorable Wilfred Feinberg in the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit, and also as an assistant to the Solicitor General.
== Education ==
*B.A., Summa cum laude, Tufts University (1973)
*J.D., Columbia Law School (1977)ab
== References ==
Category:MF Global
Category:Lawyers
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Andrew Lowenthal

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Andrew Lowenthal is executive vice president and co-head, along with Bryan Harkins, of the Cboe's Markets Division, formed in 2018.
He was previously senior vice president, business development, for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). He was promoted to that position from vice president in July of 2015, and his responsibilities were expanded to include the business development functions of the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE). He also oversees business development for Livevol, which Cboe acquired in July 2015. In this role, he also leads the Global Client Services group.
== Background ==
 
Lowenthal began his career with the Cboe in 1983, serving in trading operation, regulatory services, strategic planning and business development division roles. 
As CFE managing director, Lowenthal was responsible for developing all business and operational aspects of CBOE’s futures exchange, including marketing and sales, member relations, and the exchange’s market-making program.
Lowenthal served on the exchange’s screen-based trading committee, where he was instrumental in the design of the CBOEdirect trading system and currently serves on the CBOE Equity Market Performance committee.
=== Professional and Personal Affiliations ===
Lowenthal previously served as a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Futures & Options Association.
He is also a past president of the board of directors of Renaissance Social Services, a non-profit group that offers support programs for affordable housing, and he currently serves on the Children of the Survivors Committee for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
== Education ==
Lowenthal attended the University of Michigan and holds a BS in Business from DePaul University and an MBA in Operations Planning from DePaul University. Lowenthal also attended the Securities Industry Institute at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
==MarketsWiki Education Video, August 2015==
"We are constantly looking for new tools that we can bring into the fold here at CBOE to grow our products and customer base."
Andy Lowenthal is part of a rare breed - a "lifer." After finishing college, he took a job with CBOE as a price reporter. Thirty-two years later, he is one of the executives looking at the future of the exchange as it moves from a domestic exchange listing equity options, to a global technology firm with multiple revenue streams. Lowenthal showcases an industry on the hunt for new talent, and a key firm, CBOE, leading the charge, through acquisitions, partnerships and product innovation. 
== References ==	
Category:CBOE
Category:CBOE Futures Exchange
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Category:MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Speaker
Andrew MacKay

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Andrew MacKay is legal director, IG Group Holdings. 
== Background ==
MacKay joined the firm in March 1999 as legal counsel and then served as secretary until 2007. Prior to IG, MacKay worked for LIFFE as market investigations manager.
== Education ==
MacKay has a masters in history from St. Andrews University and completed the Law Society Finals examination at the College of Law in London. He qualifited as a lawyer with Linklaters, where he worked for seven years in the litigation and financial services practices. 
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Category:Bios - Executives
Andrew Parry

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Andrew Parry is the lead architect in the global equity derivatives business of J.P. Morgan's Investment Bank. He is also co-chair of the FPL Global Derivatives Committee. In the committee position he will help to lead the organization's efforts to develop the FIX Protocol.
 
== Background ==
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, he held a range of positions at Deutsche Bank and Instinet.
== Education ==
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Andrew Powell

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Andrew Powell is a technology executive serving as the chief operating officer of Softek, a Toronto-based financial technology firm. He is also a managing director of Novakeep Ltd.
== Background ==
Powell began his career as a founder of Giltnet, an Australian software firm servicing the financial sector. He later moved to Dow Jones Telerate in Sydney, Australia in 1992. He later joined Merrill Lynch in Sydney in a technology role before moving to London with Merrill in 2002.
He joined Novakeep in 2009 as a managing director and then Softek in 2010 as COO.
== Education ==
Powell holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science and mathematical statistics from the University of Sydney. He also holds a masters in business administration from University of Sydney. He earned a diploma in corporate management from the Institute of Corporate Managers, Secretaries and Administrators.
 
== References ==	
Category:Technology Executives
Category:Merrill Lynch - Former Employees
Category:Dow Jones Telerate - Former Employees
Andrew Roper

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Andrew Roper is the director of foreign exchange (FX) sales at Newedge. He was appointed in January 2012 and is responsible for the company's institutional client base.
== Background ==
Roper was previously the director of the FX sales desk at UniCredit, beginning in September 2009. Prior to that, he was the senior manager of FX institutional sales at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. From June 1997 to May 2007, Roper served as the vice president of FX institutional sales at State Street Bank and Trust Co London (SSBT).
== Education ==
Roper attended the Carshalton High School for Boys.
== References ==
Category:NewEdge
Category:NewEdge
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Andrew Ross

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Andrew Ross is global head prime brokerage at Standard Chartered Bank. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in July 2022. He had formerly been chief executive of CurveGlobal, London Stock Exchange Group's interest rate derivatives joint venture. He was appointed to that role in February of 2016 and took the helm in April 2016. 
== Background ==
Ross worked at Morgan Stanley for more than 10 years, most recently as managing director, global head of agency listed derivative electronic execution and European head of clearing. He also had roles as head of CVA Trading in London and manager of the European clearing team.
== Education ==
Ross studied Ecology and Economics at the University of Edinburgh.
==Video==
In this video from JLN’s 2019 FIA International Conference Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading.
== References ==	
Category:Morgan Stanley - Former Employees
Category:Exchange CEOs
Andrew Stern

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Andrew Stern is the chief executive officer of availability services at SunGard Data Systems.
== Background ==
Stern was formerly the chairman and CEO of USInternetworking Inc., which was acquired by AT&T in 2006. From there, he lead the new hosting and application services division of AT&T.
He began his career as a partner with consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton, focusing on international management and technology. Stern has also been the executive vice president of stretegic planning at USF&G Corporation.
== Education ==
*MBA, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
*BS, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:SunGard Data Systems
Category:SunGard Data Systems
Andrew Surdykowski

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Andrew Surdykowski is general counsel for the Intercontinental Exchange. He was named to the position in September 2018 and is responsible for a range of legal matters for the company. He is expected to formally take the new post in early 2019.
Before taking the top legal post at ICE, he served as ICE's senior vice president and associate general counsel from 2005. He succeeds Jonathan Short, who will retire after 14 years in the position at ICE.
== Background ==
Prior to joining ICE, Surdykowski served as an attorney with McKenna, Long & Aldridge, now Dentons, in the corporate law group focused on securities, mergers and acquisitions, governance, finance and private equity.
== Education ==
Surdykowski holds a J.D. from the Georgia State University College of Law and a B.S. in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Andrew T. Brandman

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Andrew T. Brandman is executive vice president and chief administrative officer at CIT Group. He was appointed to that position effective April 9, 2012. He reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John A. Thain. 
He is a member of the board of directors for Volunteers of America, is a trustee of Clark University and serves on the board of governors for Poly Prep. 
== Background ==
He most recently served as Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President at NYSE Euronext. Before that, he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at NYSE Euronext, including chief of staff to the chief executive officer, head of financial planning & administration and head of business controlling. 
Previously, he was a director at Credit Suisse First Boston's Infrastructure group. Before joining CSFB, Brandman was chief of staff for the Global Fixed Income and Treasury Division at Banco Santander Central Hispano. From 1991 to 1997, he held various positions at Union Bank of Switzerland.
== Education ==
Brandman is a 1991 graduate of Clark University. 
== References ==
Andrew Volz

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Andrew Volz, CFA, currently serves as chief operating officer of Clear Street. He is responsible for overseeing Clear Street’s sales and distribution activities, as well as new business initiatives across the organization.
== Background ==
Volz joined the firm in this role in August of 2021, with almost 15 years of financial services industry experience. He served as COO of JonesTrading and head of product in prime services sales at Wells Fargo following the company’s acquisition of Merlin Securities.
== Education ==
In 2004, Volz earned his bachelors in management information systems from the University of Connecticut. He qualified for his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2013.
== References ==	
Category:JonesTrading - Former Employees
Andrew Vrabel

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Andrew Vrabel was named to the position of managing director and chief regulatory officer at CME Group in July 2021. As chief regulatory officer he heads up a 150-person group comprising analysts, investigators, data scientists, attorneys and rules experts. The team is responsible for market surveillance at the CME Group, preventing and detecting manipulations, investigating trading practice abuses and leading data integrity audits. They also bring enforcement actions and provide rules guidance. 
== Background ==
Prior to his current position, Vrabel was executive director, global head of investigations at CME Group for nearly eight years. He served as senior director, associate general counsel, for 10 months, supporting the technology and global operations divisions in its regulatory reviews and audits. He also was an aide in the CME's Office of the CEO/Office of the COO for a year, focusing on regulatory matters.
In addition, Vrabel served as an assistant states attorney in the Cook County States Attorneys Office from 2004 thorough 2008. 
== Education ==
Andrew Vrabel attended the University of Illinois and received his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He was an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University from 2007 to 2013.
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Andrew Whyte

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Andrew Whyte is group president, post trade services at FIS. He took on that role in January 2018, after having been president, derivatives utility at the company. In that role he was responsible for managing FIS's newly launched post trade derivatives utility business. 
== Background ==
Whyte has 19 years of technology and operations experience in the financial services industry. He held several senior leadership positions in derivatives, clearing, and credit operations globally with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.
== John Lothian Video Interview ==
John Lothian News interviewed Andrew Whyte as part of the annual Industry Leaders Series at FIA Boca 2018.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Sponsored Pages - FIS
Andrew Wilkinson

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Andrew Wilkinson is veteran financial markets professional. He currently serves as the chief market strategist for Interactive Brokers.
== Background ==
Wilkinson has twice worked for Interactive Brokers, once from 2007 to 2011 as director of media communications and product education, then again from January of 2014 as chief market analyst. In between, Wilkinson was chief economic strategist at Wall Street bank Miller Tabak.
He has also worked for NewsMax as an editor, as well as Agora Financial in a similar position. He was a futures and options broker with GHF Group and a senior money market dealer with the Saudi International Bank.
Wilkinson began his career in 1990 at Fuji Bank as a money markets dealer.
== Education ==
He holds a masters of business administration in finance from Rollins College - Crummer Graduate School of Business.
== References ==
Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang is an American entrepreneur who ran in the 2020 presidential election. He was the first candidate for the election to announce his acceptance of bitcoin and Ether as political donations.
Though his campaign centered around his proposal for universal basic income, his platform included several proposals for technology policy changes, including changes around cryptocurrency and blockchain laws. He was an outspoken critic of existing laws and regulations pertaining to the subject, calling them a "hodgepodge."
Yang saw considerable support on social media (his supporters often declared themselves part of the #YangGang), but he received the support of zero state delegates at the Iowa Caucus in 2020, and only 1 percent of the popular vote. He received only 2.9 percent of the vote in New Hampshire a week later, after which he announced that he would be dropping out of the race.
== Background ==
Andrew Yang was born in Schenectady, New York in 1975. Yang graduated from the elite Phillips Exeter Academy in 1992 before going to Brown University from 1992 to 1996, studying political science and economics. He later attended law school at Columbia University from 1996 to 1999. Before running for president, Yang was CEO of Manhattan GMAT, a test prep company that was sold to Kaplan Test Prep in 2009. He later created Venture for America, a program that helps college graduates find work at tech startups in cities hit particularly hard by the financial crisis of 2008. Yang received the Champion of Change Award from the Obama Administration in 2012, and was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship in 2015.
== References ==
Category:digital assets
Category:regulation
Category:People
Category:bios
Category:politics
Category:cryptocurrency
Category:regulation
Category:CryptoMarketsWiki
András Simor

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Andras Simor has served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank (HNB) since March 2007 and is also Chairman of the HNB's Monetary Council, which sets monetary policy. Most of his term has been dominated by the 2008 decline in Hungary's economy and the interest-rate cuts the HNB has made in response. Simor was reported one year ago as Hungary's highest-paid civil servant, earning more than Hungary's appointed president, earning almost twice as much as the country's (appointed) president.
== Background ==
Prior to his appointment as HNB governor, Simor served as chairman and managing partner of business consultancy Deloitte & Touche Rt. for seven years along with a concurrent four-year term until 2002 as chairman of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Simor began his career at the Hungarian National Bank in 1976 and spent six years at the bank's London affiliate before returning to Hungary to lead Austrian bank Creditanstalt's newly-formed Hungarian brokerage in 1989, later helping to bring Hungarian blue chips MOL Rt. and MATAV to market in mass privatizations. 
== Education ==
Simor is a graduate of the Budapest University of Economics majoring in International Finance.
== Latest News ==
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in October 2008, Simor stressed his intention to strengthen "fiscal discipline" in Hungary while improving liquidity in the forex and bond markets. He also pointed out that international financial markets highlighted Hungary in 2008 as a risky economy partly because of its high levels of foreign debt, adding that most of it is held by the private sector.
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André Villeneuve

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André Villeneuve has been the non-executive chairman of LIFFE (part of NYSE Euronext Group), the London futures and derivatives exchange, since 2003. He will retire as chairman effective May 1, 2009, following six years of service (two three-year terms).
Hugh Freedberg will succeed him as chairman.
== Background ==
Villeneuve was an executive director of Reuters from 1989 to 2000. He was chairman of Instinet Corp., an electronic brokerage subsidiary of Reuters, from 1990 to 1999, and executive chairman from 1999 to 2002. He is chairman, City of London EU Advisory Group and a member of the UK Chancellor’s High Level Financial Services Group. 
Villeneuve was chairman of Promethee, the French think tank, from 1998 to 2002 and non-executive director of Aviva PLC from 1996-2006. He is currently a non-executive director of IFRI (Institut Francais de Relations Internationales) and EuroArbitrage. He has been a director of United Technologies Corporation since 1997.
== Education ==
He earned his bachelor of arts degree in politics, philosophy and economics from The Queen's College, Oxford University, in 1967. 
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Andy Booth

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Andy Booth is chief technology officer at NYSE Liffe US. 
Booth participated in a Sept. 16, 2010 public roundtable held by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to discuss its proposed ownership and control report (OCR) rules.
== Background ==
Previously, Booth was with Atos Euronext Market Solutions providing a range of technology services for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) electronic trading platform, e-CBOT. Earlier in his career, Booth worked at IBM in various roles.
== Education ==
Booth earned a BSc in Management Systems from Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom
== References ==
Category:NYSE Liffe US
Category:Atos Euronext Market Solutions
Andy Main

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Andy Main is the president and chief executive officer of Bakkt. He was appointed to that role effective March 26, 2024, succeeding Gavin Michael, who stepped down to pursue other opportunities, according to Bakkt.
Main has served on Bakkt’s board of directors since its public listing in 2021 and advised and mentored the marketing and sales organizations during 2023 and early 2024. 
== Background ==
Main is the former CEO of Ogilvy, where he transformed a lagging business into the world’s leading creative agency in two years. Before Ogilvy, Main led Deloitte Digital and scaled it into a multi-billion dollar global business.
From June 2018 to July 2020, he was global head of Deloitte Digital.
== Education ==
Main earned a BA in geography, business and marketing from The University of Edinburgh.
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Andy Malpass

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Andy Malpass is the finance director at Fidessa, an independent software vendor (ISV) that services both the buy side and sell side. He is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. 
== Background ==
Malpass joined Fidessa in 1995 with 20 years of experience in the software industry, working with both private companies and public companies. 
== Education ==
Malpass received a BA Hons. in accounting and finance from Lancaster University. 
== References ==	
Category: Bios - Executives