MarketAxess Appoints Lesley Daniels Webster to Board of Directors
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 18, 2013--
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading
electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate
bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income
securities, has confirmed the appointment of
Lesley Daniels Webster to
its Board of Directors.
Ms. Daniels Webster is the Founder and President of Daniels Webster
Capital Advisors, a consulting firm specializing in Enterprise Risk
Management. In this capacity she has designed corporate governance and
capital allocation structures, as well as led complex credit evaluations
for a broad range of major financial institutions, including wealth and
asset management firms, banks, consumer lenders, clearing houses and
government organizations.
From 2000 – 2005, Ms. Daniels Webster was Executive Vice President,
Market Risk and Fiduciary Risk Management, at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
where she was responsible for firm-wide market and fiduciary risk
management; and from 1994 – 2000, Ms. Daniels Webster was Global Head of
Market Risk Management at Chase Manhattan/Chemical Bank. Ms. Daniels
Webster started her career in the securities industry and held senior
trading positions at global firms including UBS and Chase.
Rick McVey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MarketAxess, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Lesley to our Board of Directors. She is an
accomplished risk professional with a unique skill set, who has overseen
extensive risk assessments for numerous, significant organizations.
Lesley’s experience of managing risk across large and complex financial
institutions will be of great value as we continue to expand our trading
and technology solutions for the credit markets.”
Lesley Daniels Webster added: “I am very pleased to join the Board of
MarketAxess at a time when the credit markets are so rapidly evolving,
with MarketAxess at the center of many of these changes. As technology
plays an increasingly critical role in the fixed income markets, robust
risk management will be more crucial than ever. I look forward to
working with Rick and the rest of the team as we enter into what
promises to be a new and exciting era for credit trading.”
About MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
MarketAxess operates a leading electronic trading platform that enables
fixed-income market participants to efficiently trade corporate bonds
and other types of fixed-income instruments using MarketAxess’ patented
trading technology. Over 1,000 investor and broker-dealer firms are
active users of the MarketAxess trading platform, accessing global
liquidity in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European bonds, high-yield
and emerging markets bonds, agency bonds, asset-backed and preferred
securities and credit default swaps. MarketAxess has submitted an
application to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate
a swap execution facility. MarketAxess also offers a number of
trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist
clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate
straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading
environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers
and other clients. Through its Xtrakter subsidiary, MarketAxess also
offers a range of pre- and post-trade services, including trade
matching, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference
data across a range of fixed-income products.
MarketAxess maintains its headquarters in New York and has offices in
London, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Hong Kong, Singapore and São Paulo. For
more information, please visit www.marketaxess.com.
Source: MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
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