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Our management team is comprised of industry veterans who have operated regulated exchanges and run large organizations.
Mr. Collins served as the President of New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) from 2001 to 2004, which was the largest commodities exchange in the world. During his tenure as President, NYMEX launched Clearport Clearing, the first commercially successful OTC clearing platform. Dubai Mercantile Exchange was founded by NYMEX under Mr. Collins’ leadership.
During his time at NYMEX, Mr. Collins brought the exchange into a new era of electronic trading and increased the market-cap from $600 million to $2.7 billion within 3 years (amidst the
9/11 attacks, Enron bankruptcy and largest power outage in U.S. history). Additionally, he led the exchange to an initialS&P credit rating of A++ and its recognition by Energy Risk
Magazine as the 2004 “Exchange of the Year.” In 2008, in partnership with NASDAQ, Mr. Collins launched a new clearinghouse, the International Derivatives Clearing Group, which was later
sold to LCH.Clearnet Group.
Mr. Collins is an active entrepreneur and respected FinTech professional currently involved in successful ventures such as Matrix Global, the first
crude oil storage auction platform. He has also launched an incubator initiative to utilize innovative solutions such as digital currencies and blockchain technology to improve
infrastructure development, physical logistics, financial trading and exchange clearing.
Eric Edwards is a thought leader in the financial services regulatory space with over 25 years of experience in a broad range of banking and financial services matters – from retail banking to prudential standards and the non-bank capital markets.
Mr. Edwards’ experience includes more than a decade as a senior counsel on Capitol Hill specializing in bank regulatory policy and another decade in the private sector, including a
senior position at GoldmanSachs.
Mr. Edwards comes to MBI from FS Investments, a leading “alternatives” asset manager based in Philadelphia, PA, where he was Managing
Director, Head of Government Affairs and served on the firm’s management committee.
Previously, Mr. Edwards served as a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, where he advised
banks on complex regulatory matters, including Dodd-Frank Act compliance; Vice President for the Goldman SachsGroup, Inc., where he advised the firm on financial services policy and
regulatory issues; and as a counsel on the U.S. House Financial ServicesCommittee, where he helped reform the U.S. remittances laws and played a lead role in developing the nation’s
first ever anti-money laundering strategy.
He received his J.D. and LL.M. (with honors) from the University of Illinois at Chicago (John Marshall), his M.B.A. from
the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and his B.A.from Purdue University.
Mr. Wyman brings 20+ years of trading technology development. He most recently served as CTO at NEO Markets, overseeing the design and development of a state-of-the-art exchange-matching
engine and front-end trading solution. This innovative platform brought together OTC physical, OTC financial and listed futures for the first time onto one screen. He spent 12 years as
CTO of Houston Street Exchange, an innovative electronic exchange offering trading in physical crude oil, refined products, biofuels, natural gas liquids and grain.
As a
founding partner with DirecTrade, an online equities brokerage and trading firm, he led the design, architecture and development of the company’s proprietary trading solution. He also
founded Engineered Information Systems, a management consulting firm, and has held management and technical positions at MCI Communications, Softbridge Microsystems and Coordination
Technology.
Mr. Wyman studied computer science at Iona College and the University of New Haven.
Ms. Carson is an experienced legal and compliance professional, with approximately twenty five years’ experience in the financial service, technology and energy sectors. Ms. Carson has
also supported numerous start-up companies over the course of the last five years.
Prior to joining MGH, Ms. Carson was General Counsel and Global Head of Compliance for INTL
FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL), a Fortune 500 company that provides customers across the globe with execution, clearing, and advisory services in commodities, futures, securities, foreign
exchange, and other related sectors, including a global payments business which specializes in transferring funds to the developing world on behalf of financial institutions,
multinational corporations, NGOs, government agencies, and international aid and development organizations. Prior to INTL, Ms. Carson spent more than a decade in private practice,
including as a partner at Sidley & Austin.
Ms. Carson received her Juris Doctor degree with honors from NYU School ofLaw, and her B.A. with honors in Political Science
from University of Wyoming
Mr. Lafontaine is an experienced corporate, transactional, and regulatory attorney with more than seven years in the practice of law and over 10 years working in or with financial
institutions. Prior to joining MGH, Mr. Lafontaine was Associate General Counsel of Noble Bank International LLC, an international financial entity with offices in New York and Puerto
Rico focused on providing banking and settlement services to the digital assets ecosystem. At Noble Bank he provided support to the executive team on banking/financial institution
regulation, regulatory affairs, compliance, corporate governance, and transactional matters.
Prior to joining Noble Bank, Mr. Lafontaine was a Senior Associate in the
Corporate Department of Ferraiuoli LLC, one of the top 4 full service law firms in Puerto Rico. Mr. Lafontaine started his financial industry career as an Analyst at Lehman Brothers,
Inc. and afterwards worked as an Analyst in a Puerto Rico-based distressed asset management fund and servicing company.
Mr. Lafontaine received his Juris Doctor and his BBA
(Finance), both Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Puerto Rico.
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