Bob Greifeld is Chief Executive Officer of The NASDAQ OMX Group, the world's largest exchange company. Mr. Greifeld has a 20-year history in technology and created one of the first electronic stock order matching systems. Today he leads one of the most dynamic companies in the exchange and technology sector, which delivers trading, financial market technology and public company services across six continents.
With over 3,900 companies, NASDAQ OMX is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. In 2007, Mr. Greifeld led NASDAQ's combination with Stockholm-based OMX AB, as well as the acquisitions of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Boston Stock Exchange. Under Mr. Greifeld's leadership, the growth of The Nasdaq Stock Market has been impressive, with 13 consecutive quarters of top line growth. The year 2007 was NASDAQ's most successful since it began reporting financials in 1997.
Greifeld has been a strong advocate of modernizing exchanges and financial regulation to improve U.S. competitiveness and the performance of the markets to benefit investors.
Prior to joining NASDAQ OMX, Greifeld led the buy- and sell-side transaction routing businesses for SunGard Data Systems.
While serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Automated Securities Clearance, Inc. Greifeld led the team that created BRASS and made it the industry standard trade order management system for NASDAQ stocks.
Greifeld holds a Masters in Business from New York University, Stern School of Business and a B.A. in English from Iona College. His graduate school thesis was on the operation of The NASDAQ Stock Market.
Greifeld is Chairman of the USA Track & Field Foundation. He is a member of the Business Roundtable, the Financial Services Roundtable and the Partnership for New York City, an organization devoted to enhancing the local economy.
Magnus Böcker is President of the NASDAQ OMX Group. With over 20 years at the leading edge of the exchange industry, he brings a wealth of experience from the European and international capital markets to NASDAQ OMX.
Böcker has overall responsibility for a number of NASDAQ OMX business areas: Corporate Client Group, Corporate Services, Market Technology, Software Development, Global IT Services, and Carpenter Moore.
During Böcker's tenure as CEO of OMX (2003-08) he strengthened the position of the Nordic region as a part of the international financial market. In a period of three years, OMX integrated seven national exchanges in Northern Europe into one. Today the OMX Nordic Exchange offers trading in cash equities, fixed income and derivatives in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Over 850 companies now trade on the Nordic Exchange.
Böcker was also crucial in making OMX the world's largest provider of technology solutions for exchanges, clearing organizations, and securities depositories. Under Böcker's leadership, OMX set the benchmark for industry technology; a key recent achievement was the launch of Genium, the Next Generation Technology for the Exchange Industry.
While CEO of OMX, Böcker turned the company around from loss-making back to high profitability; in both 2006 and 2007 OMX reported its highest revenues and highest operating profit ever in company history, with continued operational improvements and increased activity by all business areas.
Böcker has long been an advocate for, and key actor in, the transformation of the global exchange industry. He is a Member of the Board of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Dustin Group, and in 2000-06 he was Chairman of Orc Software.
Böcker began his career at OMX in 1986, and has served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Deputy CEO, and President of the OMX Technology division. Previously he was with Ernst & Young. He is a passionate runner with a marathon in his portfolio.
Current as of: 03/08
Bruce E. Aust
Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group
Bruce E. Aust is Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group. In this role, Mr. Aust is responsible for global business development and relationship management with the 3,900 companies listed on The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Mr. Aust oversees a regionally based sales force in the U.S. as well as global representatives serving countries including China, India, Israel, Russia, Japan, Korea, South America and the
Nordic and Baltic regions. During Mr. Aust's tenure, NASDAQ has attracted some of the country's highest profile IPOs, including JetBlue, Google, and Baidu, as well as NYSE company switches including Charles Schwab, Liberty Media, United and Sears. He has also built a corporate services business through the acquisition of Carpenter Moore, Shareholder.com, PrimeNewswire and Director's desk to assist companies
with investor relations, corporate governance and risk management.
Christopher R. Concannon is Executive Vice President, Transaction Services U.S. In this role, he is responsible for the management and operation of the U.S. transaction services business, which includes The Nasdaq Stock Market and The NASDAQ Options Market. Mr. Concannon also has responsibility for NASDAQ OMX's recently announced Pan-European market, slated for launch in September 2008.
Mr. Concannon joined NASDAQ in May 2003 as Executive Vice President. Prior to joining NASDAQ, Mr. Concannon was President of Instinet Clearing Services, Inc., where he managed the clearing and execution services business offered by Instinet Clearing. Before joining Instinet, Mr. Concannon was Special Counsel and Vice President of Business Development for the Island ECN.
From 1994-1997 Mr. Concannon was an attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Division of Market Regulation. During his time at the SEC he specialized in the review and approval of rules of the various self-regulatory organizations, the regulation of securities underwriting, and the regulation of the clearance and settlement of securities transactions. He began his career with the American Stock Exchange, where he served as a Legislative Analyst from 1992-1995, lobbying Congress and the Administration on a variety of securities related issues.
Mr. Concannon received a B.A. from The Catholic University of America in 1989, an M.B.A. from St. John's University in 1991, and a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, the Catholic University of America in 1994. He is a member of the New York Bar, New Jersey Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.
Mr. Concannon is an outspoken advocate for modern market structure and he has spoken before groups including The Options Industry Conference, the Securities Trader Association, American Enterprise Institute, and the Investment Company Institute.
Current as of: 07/08
Anna Ewing
Executive Vice President And Chief Information Officer
Anna M. Ewing is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. In this capacity, Ms. Ewing is responsible for global software development and for NASDAQ OMX Group's technology roadmap. As NASDAQ's Chief Information Officer, she led the technology integration of the INET platform within NASDAQ's existing trading systems and was also the Technical Project Manager for the implementation of the NASDAQ Market Center and the integration of the Brut ECN. Prior to joining NASDAQ, Ms. Ewing was employed at CIBC World Markets in New York and Toronto, where she served as Managing Director of Global Applications Services and as a founding member of CIBC.com. Before that, Ms. Ewing served as Vice President at Merrill Lynch, where she held various leadership positions within the Corporate and Institutional Client Group Technology Division, including Global Head of Institutional Client Technology, Global Head of Financial Futures and Options Technology, Global Head of Prime Brokerage Technology and Regional Head of Technology at Merrill Lynch Canada.
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Global Data Products
Adena T. Friedman is Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Global Data Products. Ms. Friedman's responsibilities include identifying and developing strategic opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Friedman led the team responsible for the successful acquisition of OMX AB. In addition, Friedman oversaw the acquisition of INET, as well as the establishment of working agreements with other global exchanges, including the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Ms. Friedman also oversees a key business unit, Global Data Products, which is focused on global dissemination of market information and analytical tools to support and provide market transparency for securities traded through the NASDAQ and OMX exchanges. Ms. Friedman joined NASDAQ in 1993.
As Executive Vice President of Market Technology, Markus Gerdien has overall responsibility for driving technology sales and development forward and ensuring NASDAQ OMX's highly competitive position in international markets.
Gerdien was previously President of OMX Market Technology, with the overall responsibility for the provision of technology supporting OMX markets and enabling the creation of the Nordic Market and taking the business to the leading position as an exchange technology provider with over 60 customers in over 50 countries.
Prior to joining OMX in 2005, Gerdien served as Executive Vice President Market & Business Development and Executive Vice President for the Communication Tools Division at the Observer Group, a globally leading company in media monitoring and communication tools.
Prior to this, Gerdien was a partner and co-founder of Common Agenda Venture Management, a company that successfully supported the development of Swedish based software companies in their international expansion.
From 1988-2000, Gerdien was at the forefront of developing IT solutions for trading and risk management for the financial industry at Front Capital Systems, where he served in key marketing and sales positions and as Managing Director. Under Gerdien's time with Front, the company was transformed from a local provider to a globally recognized leader in its market space.
Gerdien is Chairman of the Board of Orc Software, a publicly listed company and leading provider of advanced trading and low latency connectivity solutions to the financial industry.
Gerdien studied Computer Science and Business Administration at the University of Stockholm.
Current as of: 03/08
Carl-Magnus Hallberg
Senior Vice President, Global IT Services
Carl-Magnus Hallberg is Senior Vice President of Global IT Services. In this position, he is responsible for the day to day IT operations and support services to customers around the world, including NASDAQ OMX internal operations and support.
Hallberg joined OMX in 2001 and was previously head of the IT Services business within OMX Market Technology. During Hallberg's leadership, the unit grew to be one of the largest providers of IT outsourcing in the securities industry, with technology and processes tailored to meet the highest demands of its clients.Hallberg has also been actively involved in various mergers and acquisitions within OMX and Chairman of Appmind, a majority owned subsidiary of OMX.
Prior to joining OMX, Hallberg spent close to ten years in the telecom industry, predominantly at Ericsson where he held a number of positions in technology development as well as the post of Vice President EMEA Sales in Internet and Data Communications.
Hallberg is a veteran in IT. Throughout his professional career, he has been engaged in various IT projects in and around work. He was one of the pioneers programming industry applications for PC's back in the 80s. Hallberg holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a Master in International Business Administration from Chalmers and University of Economics, Gothenburg.
Current as of: 03/08
John L. Jacobs
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Financial Products
As Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Jacobs leads the strategic development and implementation of the branding and messaging for The NASDAQ OMX Group. Mr. Jacobs is also charged with maximizing and monetizing opportunities presented by NASDAQ OMX Group's index data through the creation of index products and financial instruments for use by the trading and investing community. Among other things, Mr. Jacobs is known for being the creator of the NASDAQ-100 ETF - the QQQs. He most recently led NASDAQ's modernization and further push into the 144A market through its PORTAL marketplace.
Hans-Ole Jochumsen is Executive Vice President of Transaction Services Nordics. Transaction Services Nordics is an integrated marketplace of seven independent Nordic and Baltic exchanges, also called the Nordic Exchange. The Nordic Exchange offers trading of Nordic and Baltic securities shares, derivatives and fixed income products, all traded on highly efficient trading systems enabling easy cross border trading. Jochumsen is also responsible for Broker Services, OMX's offering of back office and custody solutions to Nordic clients.
As President Transaction Services Nordics Jochumsen's responsibility is to successfully lead the Nordic and Baltic markets to maintain and further develop the strong strategic position in the Northern European securities markets.
Prior to this Jochumsen served as President and member of the OMX Executive Team, Hans-Ole Jochumsen has played a key role in the strategic development of OMX and the business area Information Services & New Markets in particular.
Jochumsens responsibility encompassed three areas, enabling growth in Information Services, integrating and developing the Baltic markets as well as cultivating OMX business in high potential Central European capital markets. Areas of responsibility also included Broker Services, OMX's offering of back office and custody solutions to Nordic clients.
During Jochumsen's tenure, OMX has successfully launched the Nordic Market Data offering, bringing the market data distribution from seven different Nordic and Baltic marketplaces into one source. Jochumsen has also led the launch of the news distribution service and significant developments on the Baltic markets.
Previously, Jochumsen served as President and CEO of Copenhagen Stock Exchange and FUTOP Clearingcentralen Ltd. He was at the helm of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange during its exceptional turnaround from 1998-2006. He also spearheaded the merger of the Copenhagen and Stockholm exchanges.
From 1990 to 1998 Jochumsen served as member of the Manangement Board of the following Danish financial institutions; BRFkredit, GiroBank and BG Bank. The latter being the third largest bank in Denmark.
Current as of: 03/08
James (J.J.) L. Johnson Jr.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources And Government Relations
James L. Johnson, Jr. is Senior Vice President, Human Resources and
Government Relations. As head of HR, Mr. Johnson is responsible for
global workforce management issues. He also leads the company's
advocacy efforts before the U.S. Congress and Executive Branch, as well
as the development of public policy.
Current as of: 07/08
Edward S. Knight
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Edward S. Knight is Executive Vice President, General Counsel. Mr. Knight is responsible for providing legal counsel to senior management and for overseeing the quality of legal services across the organization. He also oversees government relations, listing qualifications, market regulation and the office of the corporate secretary. Mr. Knight has been very active navigating the different legal environments and requirements around the NASDAQ OMX Group union. Also of note, Mr. Knight led The Nasdaq Stock Market's efforts to operate as a national securities exchange. His success allowed The Nasdaq Stock Market to complete its separation from NASD and realize its vision as the premier market in the world. He is the Chief Regulatory Officer of the NASDAQ Exchange. Mr. Knight served as General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department from 1994-1999.
David P. Warren is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Mr. Warren has lead capital raising efforts for the company, improved The Nasdaq Stock Market's financial flexibility via the reduction of debt, actively participated in numerous acquisitions and managed the company's bottom-line to consistently increasing profitability. Mr. Warren played a key role in NASDAQ's demutalization
and separation from its owner-regulator, the NASD, leading the organization's transformation to a publicly traded, for-profit stock exchange. In early 2005, Mr. Warren led the exchange's first public offering of common stock.
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