Study Group: Stock/Commodities Exchanges Experts(?)

James Butler is the Managing Director of Rigley Financial, LLC, and the Senior Partner for Rigley Capital, LLC, an Illinois-based origination and consulting firm specializing in providing advisory services to Municipal, Governmental-Issues, Consumer, Energy, Commercial, and Mortgage industry-related...

Patrick Young is Chairman of The Danube Project and is establishing a new CEE/SEE boutique investment bank in the Balkans. Mr. Young is a leading independent expert on exchanges and market structure with over 20 years of experience in various aspects of markets including derivatives. He has served as...

Lisa Curran is the Principal of LJC Ventures, an independent management consulting firm. Previously, Ms. Curran was the Director of Strategic Planning at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. At the CME, she managed a team responsible for developing overall strategy. Ms. Curran performed strategic analysis...

Mariano Bengoechea is the former Development Director for Citigroup and Head of the Financial Markets Development Unit; he left in 2006. In this capacity, he was involved in the modernisation and reform of financial systems, capital markets, and in the development of market infrastructures in over 50...

Mark Blundell is the founder and Managing Director of Sandy Lane Investments. From May 2004 until October 2006, he was director of Strategic Business Development at Tullett Liberty, where he was responsible for analysis of new product and business opportunities for the interdealer broker, including...

Lynton Jones is the Chairman and Founder of Bourse Consult, a UK-based firm which specializes in providing a range of 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...

Prakash Gupta is Vice President in the CDO and Structured Credit group at Bank of New York Mellon. Prior to that, he was the Principal of PG Schaum, a financial services consulting firm. Before starting his own practice in June 2007, he was an Associate Director of Credit and Structured Products at...

Arnold Staloff is the Chairman of Arnold Staloff LLC and is independent directors of a Lehman Brothers subsidiary and two U.S. registered Chinese corporations. Previously, Mr. Staloff was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bloom Staloff Corporation, a Philadelphia-based equity and options...