CME Group Names Senior Leadership Team for New York Operations

by Chicago Mercantile Exchange 30 Aug 10:21

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Following its combination with
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. earlier this month, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s
largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today named the senior
leadership team for its New York-based operations.

“As we work to achieve the value that our combination promises to
shareholders, customers and members, we are delighted to welcome these
talented individuals to leadership positions in the combined company,” said
CME Group Chief Executive Officer Craig S. Donohue. “With these senior
officers in place, we are well positioned to leverage the capabilities of the
NYMEX team and expand the NYMEX energy and COMEX metals business and customer
base, thereby ensuring that CME Group continues to be where the world comes
to manage risk in every asset class.”

The company named Bryan Durkin, its current Managing Director and Chief
Operating Officer, to lead global integration efforts associated with the
NYMEX transaction and to work closely with the following NYMEX senior
executives named to continuing roles in the combined company:

— De’Ana Dow, Managing Director, Government Relations. Dow will be
responsible for serving as CME Group’s liaison to Washington D.C. and
advancing the company’s legislative and regulatory agendas. The company also
promoted Bo Chambliss as Managing Director, Government Relations. Dow and
Chambliss will serve as co-heads of the company’s Washington, D.C. office.

— Sean Keating, Managing Director, NYMEX Operations. Keating will be
responsible for all New York-based electronic- and floor-trading operations,
as well as facility operations. He will report to Julie Holzrichter, CME
Group Managing Director, Global Operations.

— Thomas LaSala, Managing Director, NYMEX Chief Regulatory Officer. LaSala
will oversee all market regulation and regulatory affairs related to the
NYMEX self-regulatory organization. He will report to Kathleen Cronin, CME
Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

— Robert Levin, Managing Director, Energy Research & Product Development.
Levin will be responsible for all energy and metals product development. He
will report to Julie Winkler, CME Group Managing Director, Research & Product
Development.

— Arthur McCoy, Managing Director, NYMEX Clearing. McCoy will manage risk
management, clearing operations and audit for the NYMEX division of CME
Clearing. He will report to Tim Doar, Managing Director, Risk Management.

— Joseph Raia, Managing Director, Energy and Metals. Raia will be
responsible for building energy and metals customer relationship management
and sales programs. He will report to Rick Redding, CME Group Managing
Director, Products & Services.

— Christopher Rodriguez, Managing Director, Business Development. Rodriguez
will oversee corporate development efforts in energy and metals asset classes.
He will report to Ken Vroman, CME Group Managing Director and Chief Corporate
Development Officer.

— Ian Wall, Managing Director, NYMEX Information Technology. Wall will
oversee all technology integration efforts as well as NYMEX technology
operations. He will report to Kevin Kometer, CME Group Chief Information
Officer.

CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world’s largest and most diverse
derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT and NYMEX, 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 trading floors in Chicago
and New York. 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, energy, agricultural
commodities, metals, and alternative investment products such as weather and
real estate. CME Group is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “CME.”

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SOURCE: CME Group

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