Lynton Jones is the Chairman and Founder of Bourse Consult, a UK-based firm which specializes in providing strategic advisory services related to the securities and derivatives markets. Mr. Jones has held senior roles in several prominent European exchanges including Chief Executive Officer of International Petroleum Exchange (ICE Futures); Chief Executive Officer of the OM London Exchange; Managing Director of NASDAQ International, the European arm of the NASDAQ Stock Market; and Chairman of Jiway, the pan-European retail equity exchange. He was the Head of Public Affairs of the London Stock Exchange at the time of Big Bang. He has been a board member of London's Futures and Options Association and of the London Clearing House. He was the former Chairman of the Dubai International Financial Exchange and subsequently one of its non-executive directors. He is a non-executive director of two companies listed in London, one on the main LSE market and the other on the LSE AIM market. (This is me - Update Profile)
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Should Nasdaq's Deal with Borse Dubai be blocked by US Legislators?
September 26, 2007
Lynton Jones, Chairman, Bourse Consult
Paulson Faces test on Dubai's | www.ft.com
The FT article makes clear that those US legislators who blocked the attempt by Dubai to take over certain US Prt facilities may now be aiming to block the sale by Nasdaq of 20% of its equity to Borse Dubai. This is a serious potential protectionist move which must pose questions about the openness...
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| Euronext Exchange Experts | 32 |
| Securities Exchange Consultants | 13 |
| Securities Exchange Consultants (EU) | 25 |
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