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Paul Christensen

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Paul Christensen is a financial industry executive who was most recently the chief executive officer of Green Key Technologies. He was appointed to that role on March 2, 2016 and stepped down in September of 2016.
He operated out of the Green Key office in London, while managing the expansion of the firm's offices in Chicago, New York and Singapore. 
Before joining Green Key, he served as managing director and global co-head of Goldman Sachs' Principal Strategic Investments team. 
== Background ==
Christensen has played an active role in many of the leading market structure initiatives throughout the last 15 years, including Markit, TradeWeb, SwapClear, SwapsWire, the London Clearing House and Volbroker. He also served as Goldman's Co-Chief Operating Officer of its Global Market Structure Group.
After joining Goldman Sachs as an executive director in 2006, he was promoted to managing director in 2009. He led the firm's market structure-related strategy and investment opportunities.
Before joining Goldman, Christensen was global head of strategic investments for Deutsche Bank. He was co-COO at Volbroker, one of the first multi-dealer electronic trading platforms, from 2000 to 2002. He began his career as a corporate attorney in London and Sydney.
In 2000 and 2012, Christensen was International Federation attaché for the modern pentathlon for the Olympic Games. He represented Australia in the sport at a world championship level. He has twice been winner of an ultra-endurance Quadrathlon race in the Highlands of Scotland.
Christensen has been a frequent guest lecturer on corporate venturing, entrepreneurship and market structure matters at the London Business School and Oxford University. He has served on the boards of directors of Tradeweb Markets LLC, Source ETF Ltd., NYSE Liffe U.S., Markit Group Limited, OTC Deriv Ltd., International Index Company Ltd. and Celoxica Ltd.
== Education ==
Christensen earned an MBA from the London Business School in 2007, after earlier receiving a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Queensland.
==John Lothian News Interview, September 2016==
The Voice: Green Key Technologies Is Turning Your Brokerage Voice Into Valuable Data; CEO Christensen Says Voice Brokerage Is Far From Dead, And The Conversations Gleaned Could Be Transformational For Firms
In today's financial markets, the conversation is most often about electronic trading, high frequency trading, complex orders via algorithms and so forth. Yet, for the $492 trillion global OTC derivatives markets, firms still conduct business over the phone, person-to-person, a practice which is now availing itself to new technology in compelling ways.
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Paul Cicio

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Paul N. Cicio is president of the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA), a position he has held since the organization's inception in 2003. In 2008, he was appointed to the CFTC Energy Markets Advisory Committee. 
== Background ==
Prior to IECA, Cicio was with The Dow Chemical Company in several capacities. He subsequently retired from Dow Chemical after almost 30 years of service.
== Education ==
Cicio graduated from Youngstown State University with a B.S. in business administration and economics. 
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Member
Paul Ciciora

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Paul Ciciora is the vice president of systems infrastructure at CBOE Holdings Inc. He was appointed to this position in February 2012 as a part of CBOE's corporate reorganization.
== Background ==
Ciciora has worked for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) for more than 23 years. He was a department head in CBOE infrastructure beginning in 1987.
== Education ==
*Loyola University of Chicago (1980 – 1984)
== References ==	
Category:CBOE
Paul Cusenza

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Paul Cusenza is the chairman and chief executive officer of Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear.
== Background ==
Cusenza has over 30 years of experience in building and managing businesses. He was a co-founder and co-president of 23andMe and a SVP at Perlegen Sciences. He was also part of the senior management team of Capital One Financial and was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). 
== John Lothian News Interview ==
Trucking Freight and Power: Not as Different as You Think – Paul Cusenza, Nodal Exchange
March 29th marks the launch of Nodal Exchange’s trucking freight futures. In this video, Nodal Exchange CEO Paul Cusenza talks about how trucking freight fits in with the rest of Nodal’s offerings and the potential for the exchange to address the financial transmission rights market.
Nodal Exchange CEO Paul Cusenza Discusses The Grid and How Power Trading is Changing
Nodal Exchange CEO Paul Cusenza spoke with JLN Editor-in-Chief Jim Kharouf about how the power markets are changing, the impact of Dodd-Frank on the industry and the growth potential for Nodal Exchange and the power markets. Nodal Exchange is the first commodities exchange dedicated to offering locational (nodal) futures contracts and related services to participants in the organized North American power markets. Published November 12. Watch at JohnLothianNews.com
JLN also interviewed Cusenza when Nodal was acquired by EEX - More power to ‘em: Nodal acquired by EEX
== Education ==
Cusenza has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSE in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.
== References ==	
Category:Nodal Exchange
Category:Nodal Exchange
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Paul Dex

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Paul Dex is business development manager EMEA for Fidessa's derivatives business. He was appointed to that role in December 2015, based in Fidessa's London office.
== Background ==
Dex spent ten years at LIFFE from 1993 - 2003, where he ran the exchange's global education program before moving on to the CONNECT project and then running LIFFE's European sales operation. 
From 2003 - 2009 he headed up the front-office execution business for SEB Futures and then was director of business development and marketing for the Royal Bank of Scotland from April 2010 - December 2011.
Most recently he worked as an MD in financial product development at BNY Mellon, having initially joined to head up the business development and client relationship management side of their derivatives clearing business.
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Paul Donofrio

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Paul Donofrio is the chief financial officer at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
He was previously head of global corporate banking credit and transaction banking at Bank of America Corp., appointed in late January 2012. In that role he was responsible for GCIB and Commercial Banking (GCB), including Global Treasury Solutions (GTS), Loan Products, Leasing, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, and Custody and Agency Services.
== Background ==
Donofrio was previously one of the three co-heads of global corporate and investment banking at B of A. 
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Bank of America
Paul E. Singer

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Paul Elliott Singer is the founder and general partner of Elliott Management Corporation, a private investment partnership that manages $55 billion in assets (as of April 2023). Singer serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. Singer also is a member of the Board of Fellows of Harvard Medical School, a member of the boards of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs and of Commentary Magazine, and is on the Board of Advisors of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is also a Trustee of the Manhattan Institute. 
 
According to The Wall Street Journal, Singer is one of the world’s most successful hedge-fund proprietors. He has a net worth of $6.2 billion as of December 18, 2024, according to Forbes.
Before the 2008 financial crisis, he tried to alert investors and public officials about the dangers of subprime mortgages. Since then, he has repeatedly warned that the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, coupled with the expansive monetary policies along the way, could pave the way for financial disaster.
== Background ==
Singer founded his hedge fund firm, Elliott Management, in 1977 with $1.3 million.
== Education ==
Elliott holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rochester and a JD from Harvard Law School. 
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== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Committee On Capital Markets Regulation Members
Paul Finnegan

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Paul Finnegan is a Chicago-based derivatives market professional who currently serves as an executive director of options education for the Options Industry Council.
Finnegan has worked for exchanges, brokerage firms, technology firms and fintech firms. 
Previously to joining the OIC, he the chief executive officer of Conotoxia, Inc., a North American subsidiary of the Cinkciarz Group, a European leader online currency exchange market that plans to offer money transfer services to its American customers. He was appointed to that position on November 16, 2016.
Finnega was previously director of software sales at the LiquidPoint options business of ConvergEx Group, starting in January of 2014, and was responsible for developing LiquidPoint's market data products and managing the sales of its LDB portfolio margining tools. 
Before that he was the Chicago-based chief executive officer of Livevol. He began in that position on September 15, 2012 succeeding Ron Horwath, who stepped down as CEO but remained on the board.
== Background ==
Finnegan's previous position was senior vice president at NYSE Euronext and Co-CEO, with Amy Farnstrom, of NYSE Arca, owned by NYSE Euronext. He was appointed to that position in December 2010. He was previously vice president of US Options Markets at NYSE Euronext.
As vice president of US Options Markets at NYSE Euronext, Finnegan was responsible for business development and for establishing strategic institutional client relationships.
Finnegan departed NYSE Euronext to join Livevol as NYSE shook up their options senior management. Steve Crutchfield became the sole head of NYSE's two options exchanges and Finnegan's former Co-CEO Amy Farnstrom stayed with the firm in a technology role and took on the role of head of product strategy, U.S. options, reporting to Crutchfield.
Before joining NYSE Euronext, he held positions as director, retail derivatives at E*Trade Financial, managing director of marketing for the Chicago Board of Trade, vice president marketing/business development at MF Global, director of international business development with the Chicago Board Options Exchange. 
He started his career in derivatives as a member on the floor of the CBOE. 
== Education ==
Finnegan holds a bachelor of arts in marketing from Loras College and a masters of business administration in International Business from St. Xavier University. He also holds series 3, 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
== MarketsWiki Five Minute Interviews ==
*An Interview with Amy Farnstrom and Paul Finnegan, co-CEOs of NYSE Arca Options
== References ==	
Category:Exchange CEOs
Category:NYSE Euronext - Former Employees
Category:NYSE Euronext
Category:NYSE Arca
Category:Livevol - Former Employees
Category:Livevol
Category:Chicago Board of Trade - Former Employees
Category:Chicago Board Options Exchange - Former Employees
Category:E*Trade - Former Employees
Category:MF Global - Former Employees
Paul Fry

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Paul Fry is a financial services executive specializing in futures trading. He is the chief operating officer of Straits Financial LLC, a futures commission merchant.
== Background ==
Fry has worked in financial services in the futures industry for over 25 years. He has worked at Cadent Financial Services LLC, Refco Group LLC, Lind Waldock and First American Discount.
As COO of Straits, his responsibilities are related to overseeing market related risk, credit risk, front end systems (both implementation and risk management), sales and various other aspects of running a clearing firm.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:FCM Executives
Category:Refco - Former Employees
Category:Cadent Financial Services LLC - Former Employees
Category:Lind Waldock - Former Employees
Category:First American Discount - Former Employees
Paul Houston

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Paul Houston is executive director and global head of FX at CME Group. He was appointed to the role in April 2016 after spending over 30 years in the banking sector, primarily in foreign exchange. Houston has overseen CME Group's futures and options business for seven years. 
On August 16, 2023, CME Group announced a realignment of its FX futures, options, cash and over-the-counter (OTC) FX businesses into a single unit led by Houston. Under the new structure, Houston will continue in his current role as global head of FX products and will also be responsible for the company's FX derivatives markets as well as its EBS cash markets business. He will lead the combined teams. 
EBS was previously headed by Jeff Ward, who is expected to depart the company in September 2023. 
 
== Background ==
Houston began his career as a graduate trainee for Salomon Brothers. In 1998, he left to join the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he spent 20 years in a variety of roles in FX and fixed income. In 2009 he left RBS to become head of FX prime brokerage at Credit Suisse, where he remained until 2012, when he joined Deutsche Bank's London office. He spent nearly four years at Deutsche Bank as head of FX & fixed income prime brokerage and listed derivatives client solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
 
== Education and Accreditations==
Houston earned a B.A. in Economics in 1995 from the University of Liverpool. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
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Paul Humphrey

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Paul Humphrey was appointed chief executive of BMLL Technologies in January 2020. He took over that role from Johannes Sulzberger, the outgoing CEO, who will remain on the BMLL board as a non-executive director.
Previously, Humphrey served as head of fixed income, interest rates and foreign exchange strategy at Euronext beginning on January 4, 2016. He spent three years with Euronext before departing in December 2018. Humphrey also took over as interim CEO of Euronext London in 2018 after Lee Hodgkinson, chairman of BMLL Technologies, departed the exchange to head up the proprietary trading firm OSTC.
After leaving Euronext he launched his own consultancy advising institutions and FinTech firms on corporate and growth strategies. 
In December of 2022 he won the Harrington Starr Top 1% Leadership Award, which is given to an individual that "embodies the innovation, excellence and positivity that is synonymous with those at the peak of the financial services industry." 
== Background ==
Humphrey joined Euronext from Thomson Reuters, where he was a business and strategy consultant advising the executive leadership team of the Financial & Risk unit, and a strategic advisor to various young companies. He will report to Lee Hodgkinson, head of markets and global sales at Euronext.
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Humphrey spent seven years as the CEO of Electronic Broking & Information at Tullett Prebon PLC, the UK based interdealer broker. Previously he was global head of eCommerce at ABN Amro Bank NV. He also held senior leadership roles at Van Der Moolen as head of fixed income, SLK/Goldman Sachs as Head of Fixed Income Sales EMEA and ICAP, where he was Head of European Rates.
== Education ==
He attended Southgate, London.
== References ==	
Category:Euronext - Former Employees
Category:Thomson Reuters - Former Employees
Category:ABN AMRO Bank NV - Former Employees
Category:Van Der Moolen - Former Employees
Category:SLK/Goldman Sachs - Former Employees
Category:ICAP - Former Employees
Paul J. Brody

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Paul J. Brody is chief financial officer, treasurer, secretary and a director of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
He also serves on the board of directors of Quadriserv.
== Background ==
He started his career as the treasurer for Timber Hill.
Before joining Timber Hill, Brody spent five years with Mocatta Metals Corporation, an international commodities trading firm.
== Education ==
Brody received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Cornell University in 1982.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Interactive Brokers Group
Paul J. Georgy

Paul J. Georgy is the president of Allendale, Inc., a worldwide agricultural advisory and research firm.
He is a member of the board of the National Futures Association representing the introducing broker community and also serves as the vice-chairman of the board. In February of 2012, Georgy was re-elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the NFA.
Georgy is a former president of the National Introducing Brokers Association and is a member of its Honors Circle.
==Background==
From 1973 to 1981, Georgy was the President/general manager of Bull Valley Simmental in Crystal Lake, Illinois. His responsibilities included marketing of purebred cattle in the United States and international markets. General management duties included 2,500 acres of crop land and a 500-cow purebred Simmental herd.
Georgy became the assistant branch manager for Heinold Commodities located in Harvard, Illinois, from 1981 to 1984. His main responsibility was developing risk management strategies for agricultural producers and commercials.
==Education==
Georgy earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Production from Southern Illinois University located in Carbondale, Illinois.
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==MarketsWiki Education==
Georgy participated in the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in Chicago in 2017.
==References==	
Category:NFA
Category:Introducing Brokers
Category:Allendale
Category:MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Speaker
Paul Jiganti

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Paul Jiganti is an American financial executive currently serving as the managing director of options business development at IMC Financial Markets, a global market maker and proprietary trading firm.
== Background ==
=== Career ===
Jiganti has extensive experience in the financial markets industry, with a career spanning over three decades. He began his professional journey in 1992 at Susquehanna International Group, where he held the position of associate director until 2008. He continued in the same role at Susquehanna until 2011.
In 2012, Jiganti joined TD Ameritrade as a managing director, a position he held until 2015. Following his tenure at TD Ameritrade, he joined IMC Financial Markets as the managing director of business development. In this role, his responsibilities included managing relationships with exchanges, industry groups, and potential counterparties. Jiganti is also actively involved in market structure panels as part of his work at IMC.
=== Industry Involvement ===
Throughout his career, Jiganti has been actively involved in various industry organizations. Notably, he served as the chairman of the SIFMA Listed Options Committee, demonstrating his expertise and leadership in the options trading sector.
=== Role at IMC ===
As the managing director of options business development at IMC, Jiganti plays a crucial role in the company's options wholesaling business. IMC has been a market maker in US options for almost two decades and since 2016 has provided liquidity and opportunity for price improvement to end-user retail counterparties through a partnership with a routing broker.
He also sits on the board of the IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation.
== Education ==
Jiganti completed his undergraduate studies at the University of San Diego, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Economics. He attended the university from 1981 to 1985.
== References ==	
Category:Market Makers
Category:Susquehanna International Group
Category:Susquehanna International Group - Former Employee
Category:TD Ameritrade
Category:TD Ameritrade - Former Employees
Category:IMC Financial Markets
Paul Kennedy

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Paul Kennedy is group chief financial officer at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx). He was appointed to that position on May 8, 2013. He reports to chief executive Charles Li and will be a member of the management committee. As group chief financial officer, Kennedy will head the finance division and assume full responsibility for the financial and treasury functions of the HKEx group.
== Background ==
Kennedy has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He spent most of his career in Asia, including 15 years as a financial services partner with KPMG. From 2006 until 2010, he served as chief operating officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and subsequently worked as a managing director within HSBC Hong Kong’s Global Banking Division. 
Since November 2012, he has served as a special adviser to the chief executive of HKEx with a focus on financial matters, including the integration of London Metal Exchange.
== Education ==
Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Financial Administration from the University of Bangor in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
== References ==
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Paul L. Chou

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Paul L. Chou is the chief executive officer and co-founder of LedgerX, an institutional trading and clearing platform that is awaiting regulatory approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to trade and clear options on bitcoin.
Before assuming that position, Chou co-founded and ran Opez, a software venture which was funded in 2011 by the Y Combinator program, a startup accelerator fund which has sponsored Dropbox, Reddit and Airbnb. 
In January of 2016 the CFTC appointed him to their committee of technology advisers ahead of their first meeting of 2016, which was also the first to focus on Blockchain technology.
== Background ==
Before starting Opez, Chou was a trader on the quantitative cash trading desk within the securities division of Goldman Sachs. Earlier in his career, he founded MX9, a software and technology consulting firm that delivered projects for companies such as Merck & Co.
== Education ==
He earned a B.S. in Computer Science, and simultaneously, a B.S. in Mathematics, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked in the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, developing models of market participant behavior and devising a new valuation method to capture the implied optionality of businesses.
== References ==
Paul Lo

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Paul Lo is an adjunct professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 
== Background ==
Prior to his work at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lo held a position as head of Eurex's representative office in Hong Kong. He also served as deputy to the regional director for Clearstream Banking and as senior manager for supervision of market at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
== Education ==
Lo earned an MBA in finance and management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
== References ==	
Category:Eurex