CME Group Appoints R. Jason Weller as Managing Director, Corporate Strategy

by Chicago Mercantile Exchange 17 Jun 15:48

News Release Issued: June 17, 2008 10:45 AM EDT
CHICAGO, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CME Group, the world’s largest
and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the appointment of R.
Jason Weller as Managing Director, Corporate Strategy. Weller will be
responsible for the research, development and implementation of CME Group’s
strategic plan as well as directing the company’s business planning process.
He will report to Ken Vroman, Managing Director and Chief Corporate
Development Officer.

Weller, 47, most recently served as Managing Director of Research and
Business Development for Willis Stein and Partners. In this role, he was
responsible for identification of target industries and investment
opportunities, development of strategic business plans, and overall portfolio
planning and assessment. Weller also served as Vice President/Director of
Commercial Strategy and Development for Ameritech where he was responsible
for developing corporate level strategies and growth plans and leading M&A
and integration teams. He also has worked for Boston Consulting Group.

Weller earned bachelor’s degrees in materials science, engineering and
humanities from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard
University’s Graduate School of Business Administration.

CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world’s largest and most diverse
derivatives exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group serves the
risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international
marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex
electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group offers the
widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes,
including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes,
foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative investment
products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol “CME.”

The Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group, Globex and
E-mini, are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago
Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago.
Further information about CME Group and its products can be found at
http://www.cmegroup.com/.

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SOURCE: CME Group

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