Members/Directors
Donald L. Calvin, November 10, 1931 – July 9, 2015
In Memory of Donald L. Calvin, ISEEE Chairman and Founder.
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ISEEE Members
* Member of ISEEE Board of Directors
** Member of Executive Committee
*** Honorary Member
Richard P. Bernard *
Former: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange
Svetlana G. Bernard *
Office Manager, Occupational Therapy Practice of Susan Scanga, New York
Former: Interpreter and Secretarial Supervisor, Resource Secretariat for the Russian Federal Commission on Securities and the Capital Market
Gilberto de Souza Biojone Filho **
CEO of Ancor Associação das Corretoras de Valores, Câmbio e Mercadorias(National Association of Brokerage Houses); CEO of SGB Participações e Assessoria Ltda., Sao Paulo
Former: CEO, Bovespa – Sao Paulo Stock Exchange
Paul Man Yiu Chow **
Council of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Board of World Federation of Exchanges; Advisory Committee of HK Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) and other Boards and Councils
Former: Chief Executive Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing; Vice Chairman World Federation of Exchanges; CEO, HSBC Asset Management, Asia Pacific, ex-Japan Region
Hugh Cleland *
Former: Vice President, Policy Development and Regulation, Toronto Stock Exchange; Consultant to Stock Exchange and Securities Commission in Canada and abroad
Patty Cook ***
Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator, UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Former: Executive Assistant, Fannie Mae, Philadelphia and National Stock Exchange, Jersey City, NJ
Dato Nik Mohamed Din **
Director, RHB Capital Berhad, Kuala Lumpur
Former: Executive Chairman Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
James F. Duffy ** (Treasurer)
Principal, Oversight & Governance Solutions, LLC; Senior Advisor, Mediant Communications, Inc.
Former: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NYSE Regulation, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Stock Exchange
Samantha MacRae Foerster
Director Equity Sales, IHS Markit
Former: Senior Sales Director and Territory Manager, Bloomberg Financial Markets; Senior roles at Credit Suisse, Sungard Global Trading, Fidessa and AQUA Securities, an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald; Consultant to Security Traders Association, Buyology, Balance Integration Corporation and Janice Winter, Inc.
William Foster ** (Vice Chairman Planning)
Former: CEO, New Zealand Stock Exchange; Chief Operating Officer, Abu Dhabi Securities Market; Executive Director, Mudara Institute of Directors in Dubai International Financial Center
David E. Franasiak ** (Vice Chairman Administration)
Vice President of Finance and Executive Committee of Williams & Jensen Law Firm, Washington, D.C.
Former: Office of Chairman, Ernst & Young; Director of Tax, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; British Petroleum; Staff Director to Tax Oversight Subcommittee U.S. House of Representatives
Roger H. Ganser
Chairman, Supervisory Board, Stichting Volkswagen Investors Claim; Member, Investor Issues Committee, FINRA; Chairman, National Association of Investor Corporations-BetterInvesting; Chairman, World Federation of Investors Corporation
Former: Founder of Venture Investors, retired as Managing Director 2008; Member, SEC Investor Advisory Committee: Member, NYSE Individual Investor Advisory Committee
Mark Guillaumier
Chairman of ArgoCapital, SE and a Member of Argo Group International Holdings, Inc.
Former: CEO Malta Stock Exchange
Maria Hurajova
Vice Chairman Slovak American Foundation
Former: CEO Bratislava Stock Exchange
Martin Kinsky *
Former: MD Markets at the Dubai Financial Services Authority; General Counsel, Australian Stock Exchange (“ASX”); National Manager Investigations and Enforcement, ASX
Sheldon “Shelly” Kraft
CEO, SNN, Inc. (Stock News Network); Membership Chairman, National Investment Banking Association; Finance Chairman, US-China Chamber of Commerce
Former: President, Emanuel & Co., money management and market making
A. Michael Lipper ** (Chairman)
President Lipper Advisory Services, Managing Partner LSF Partners LP, a private hedge fund; Author of Money Wise
Former: Founder, Lipper Analytical Services, Inc, now owned by Reuters as Lipper Inc., Former Chairman of Advisory Committee to NYSE Board of Directors.
Michel Maquil **
Consultant Luxembourg Central Bank
Former: CEO, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Luxembourg
Dr. Richard Meier
Research Associate, Swiss Banking Institute of University of Zurich
Former: CEO, Zurich Stock Exchange; International Relations, SWX Swiss Exchange
Tom Minney
CEO African Growth, Ltd; Consultant Capital Markets Strategy (CAPMEX – the Capital Market Experts and CSCL)
Former: GM, Nambian Stock Exchange
Gyorgy Mohai
Member of Supervisory Board of Budapest Stock Exchange; Professor at Business School of Corvinus
Former: CEO Budapest Stock Exchange
Joseph Rizzello *
ETF Industry Association-Partner/Consultant; Marketing Expert, New Product Innovator and Speaker/Lecturer
Former: CEO, National Stock Exchange; Chairman, National Stock Exchange Holdings, Inc. President, Philadelphia Board of Trade; Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Prof. Dr. Ruediger von Rosen ** (Deputy Treasurer)
Former: Head of Press Information and Personal Advisor to the President of Deutsche Bundesbank; Executive Vice President and Speaker of the Board, Deutsche Boerse, A.G; Managing Director, Deutsches Aktieninstitut e. V., Frankfurt and Brussels
Mohamed Abdel Salam *
Executive Chairman, Egyptian Exchange; Executive Chairman, Misr for Central Clearing, Depository & Registry; Executive Chairman, Egyptian Investor Protection Fund; Chairman, Africa and Middle East Central Depositories Association; Chairman, World Forum of CSDs
Former: Chairman and CEO, Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges
Daulet Saudabayev *
Advisor to Executive Director of IMF
Former: Deputy Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan; Advisor to Executive Director of IMF; Advisor to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
David Scheckel
Founder/Director, Treveri Market S.A. Luxembourg
Former: CEO and Chairman, Execution Services Holdings, Inc., Newark, New Jersey
Aril Seren **
Former: Vice Chairman, Istanbul Stock Exchange; Secretary General FEAS
Steven M. Shelton **
Cornerstone Global Group, LLC, Chicago
Former: President Scottish Crown Life Insurance Company, Bermuda; President, Northstar U.S.; Executive Vice President Nuveen Investments
Judge Stanley Sporkin *
Stanley Sporkin Associates, Washington, DC
Former: Director, U.S. SEC Division of Enforcement; General Counsel, CIA; Federal Judge
Hannes A. Takacs *
Senior Manager Capital Markets Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Former: Former Deputy Chairman Board of Directors Prague Stock Exchange, former member of Board of Directors Budapest Stock Exchange, former Director Vienna Stock Exchange, former member Board of Directors Hungarian CSD KELER, former member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian CCP, former Managing Director CAPMEX – The Capital Market Experts.
Roland Tibell **
Advisor, Bourse Consult LLP;
Managing Partner, Tibell & Associates;
Consultant, Rosenblatt Securities’ consulting team
Former: President OMX US; President OMX Financial Markets; President OM Exchange Systems; CIO Stockholm Stock Exchange
Edward Waitzer *
Senior Partner, Stikeman Ellliot and Jarislowsly, Ditima Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance, York University, Toronto
Former: Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange; Chairman, Ontario Securities Commission
Dr. Drasko Veselinovic
CEO KO Group, the largest private finance conglomerate in Slovenia
Former: Founder, President and CEO Ljubijana Stock Exchange (Slovenia)
Ted Westerterp ***
Former: CEO European Options Exchange, Founder and Treasurer International Options Markets Association (“IOMA”); Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs
Special Guests ( April 2014 – March 2011 )
Lynda Lou Kane Kraft
President, SNN, Inc.; Executive Editor Micro-Cap Review Magazine
Leonard J. Amoruso
NASDAQ Exchange Board of Directors (NASDAQ Stock Market, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, and NASDAQ OMX BX)
Former: Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for Knight Capital Group, Inc.; Former Deputy Director and Chief Counsel for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Dr. Graciela Chichilniksy
Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University; Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management. Founder and CEO, FIFTEL and Cross Border Exchange. Co-Founder and CEO, Global Thermostat,LLC, a Company that created “Carbon Negative Technology”. Author of fifteen books and some 300 scientific articles. Born in Argentina.
Former: UNESCO Chair in Mathematics and Economics, Columbia University; member of the Columbia University Senate. Taught also at Harvard and Stamford Universities, appeared in Time Magazine as “Heroes of the Environment” and was elected one the Ten Most Influential Latinos in the U.S
Alex Magid
Board Member, M3 Capital, New York
Former: USSR Government, Russia State Duma, USSR State Archive Official
Marat Beksultanov
Representative of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientist in the United States and Canada
Former: Consultant to the World Bank, Arthur Anderson and other International Organizations
Tomé Brazão
CEO Portinho Investimentos E Projectos Imobiliarios S.A., Madeira Island
Phillip S. Brooks
Current: President and Managing Partner, Invictus Global Capital, Inc
Former: Partner in U.S. and Canadian Law Firms
Sally Calvin
Financial Advisor
Former: International stock trader at Kidder Peabody International and Prudential Bache Securities
Massimo Capuano
CEO Centro Bank, Milan
Former: CEO Borsa Italiana; Deputy CEO London Stock Exchange; President, World Federation of Exchanges; President, Federation of European Exchanges.
R. Cromwell Coulson
President, CEO and Director, OTC Markets Group (OTCQX: OTCM)
David J. Cowen
President and CEO, Museum of American Finance
Avi Ephrahti
Consultancy and capital raising for small companies, Korman Investments, S.A. Partners
Former: Trader, Union Bank of Isreal
Prof. Melvin Escodero
Director, Graduate Finance Program Universidad dei Pacifico in Lima, Peru, CEO El Dorado Investments, Lima, Peru; CEO El Dorado Investments
Former: Head of Peruvian Pension Fund Investment Supervision within the Banking, Insurance and Pension Fund Superintendency
Vyacheslav E. Fedorinov
CEO Infina Investment Company, Moscow
Deborah Fuhr
Partner & Co-Founder ETF Global Insight (London)
Former: Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and Managing Director BlackRock/BGI, London
Judith Hardt
Managing Director, Swiss Finance Capital
Former: Director General of European Federation of Exchanges
John E. Herzog
Founder, Museum of American Finance
Former: Chairman, Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc. and Member Advisory Committee to NYSE Board of Directors
Alberto Joao Jardim
President of Madeira
Dr. Murat R. Karimsakov
President of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists (EECSA); Deputy Chairman of the G-Global Secretariat. Leads the EECSA which sponsors the Astana Economic Forum
Dinara Orazovna Karshalova
Media Associate and International Relations Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Association
Former: Advisory to the Deputy Chiarman of Tsena Bank, Kazakhstan
George Möller
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, Member of the Board of NASDAQ Dubai
Former: CEO Amsterdam Stock Exchange, CEO Rebeco, Co-founder and COO Euronext; Board of NYSE Liffe
Harvey Pitt
Chairman and CEO Kalorama Partners, Washington, DC
Former: Chairman U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Longanthan S. Sithambaram
Client Services Director, Eric Pringle Associates Public Relations, Kuala Lumpur
Former: Senior Vice President, Marketing Development Division, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Thomas J. Scherer
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, American International Group PC, New York
Former: Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Swiss RE Group, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Legal and Compliance, New York and Hong Kong
Rick Scott
Governor of the State of Florida
Laurence Storch
Partner, Pollack and Storch, Washington, DC
Former: Legal Advisor to US State Department; Board of Directors of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ISEEE Inactive Members
Robert E. Aber
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Skarven Enterprises, Inc., New Jersey
Former: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, NASDAQ
Sinan Arslaner *
President, Cfs Consulting Ltd., Istanbul
Former: Vice President Citibank and Executive Vice President Demir Bank, Istanbul
Prof. Dr. Jorg Franke *
Chairman and CEO of the Supervisory Board, Tradegate A.G., Berlin; and other companies in Frankfurt and Berlin
Former: CEO of Eurex; Director, Deutsche Boerse; CEO Berlin Stock Exchange,
Atilla Ilkson
Director, Merrill Lynch Bank, Istanbul
Former: General Counsel’s Office, New York Stock Exchange and Senior Counsel at Merrill Lynch, London
Bengt Ryden *
Chairman and Director of Swedish Companies and Organizations
Former: Chairman and CEO, Stockholm Exchange
Sergey V. Shevchuk
President, Infina Investment Group, Moscow
Former: Trader, Russian Trading System Stock Exchange; CEO, Infina Investment Company, Moscow
David Weild IV *
Chairman and CEO, IssueWorks, Inc.
Former: Vice Chairman, NASDAQ; President, E- Commerce, Prudential Securities
* Member of ISEEE Board of Directors
** Member of Executive Committee
*** Honorary Member