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Management


Clara Furse, Chief Executive

Clara Furse

Chief Executive

 
Appointed Chief Executive in January 2001. Group Chief Executive of Credit Lyonnais Rouse from 1998 to 2000. At Phillips & Drew (now UBS) from 1983 to 1998; became a Director in 1988, Executive Director in 1992, Managing Director in 1995 and Global Head of Futures in 1996. Director of LIFFE from 1991 to 1999; Deputy Chairman from 1997 to 1999. She is a Non-Executive Director of Fortis, Euroclear plc and LCH.Clearnet.

Martin Graham

Director of Markets

 

Martin Graham joined the London Stock Exchange in May 2003 as Director of Markets, managing all the market facing functions within the Exchange, including the development of all domestic and international markets business. In January 2008, following the merger with Borsa Italiana, Martin was appointed head of the combined Groups’ equity business. Martin has direct responsibility for all the Group’s equity client relationships, market operations and regulation, product management and development, equity markets strategy, AIM and RNS, the Exchange’s regulatory news service. Martin is an Executive Director of Borsa Italiana Spa and a Non-Executive Director of the UK India Business Council.


Prior to joining the Exchange, Martin developed extensive industry experience in senior management positions at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and West LB Panmure. Martin graduated from the London School of Economics.

David Lester

Chief Information Officer

 
David Lester is responsible for the Information and Technology Services division at the London Stock Exchange. David led the implementation of the Exchange’s 4-year Technology Roadmap, TradElect, a complete refresh of the Exchange’s technology to next generation systems. He is also implementing the Exchange’s Information Services diversification strategy, which is designed to broaden the range of information products and services available to the Exchange’s customers and increase its revenues. David is an Executive Director of Borsa Italiana Spa, Executive Chairman of Proquote Ltd. and Deputy Chairman of FTSE International Ltd.

Before joining the Exchange in 2001, David worked for Thomson Financial and Accenture.
 
Nic Stuchfield, Managing Director EDX London

Nic Stuchfield

Director of Corporate Development

 
Nic Stuchfield is Director of Corporate Development, an area that includes Research and Development and Strategy. Between 2003 and 2006, he was also Managing Director of EDX London, which is a joint venture derivatives exchange between the London Stock Exchange and OMX. Recently, Nic was appointed to the Supervisory Boards of MTS S.p.A. (the pan-European Government bond trading platform), Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. (the Italian Central Counter-Party) and Monte Titoli S.p.A (the Italian Central Securities Depositary). Nic joined the Exchange in August 2003 from The Stuchfield Consultancy. Prior to that, his roles included spells as CEO of Tradepoint (now Virt-x), COO of Barclays Global Investors and COO & CFO of BZW's global equities business.

EDX London is a Recognised Investment Exchange ("RIE").

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