Sharon Bowen to become NYSE Chair
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) today announced a series of senior leadership changes across the company under Chief Executive Officer Jeff Sprecher that reflect the firm’s expansion in recent years and position it for continued growth in its third decade.
At the New York Stock Exchange, Sharon Bowen, an ICE and NYSE Board Member, one of the nation’s leading finance and securities lawyers, and formerly a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will become the next Chair of the NYSE.
Sharon Bowen joined the ICE Board of Directors in December 2017. She serves on the boards of certain NYSE U.S. regulated exchanges and co-chairs the NYSE Board Advisory Council.
Ms. Bowen was previously confirmed by the U.S. Senate and appointed by President Obama on February 12, 2010 to serve as Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). She assumed the role of Acting Chair in March 2012. Prior to her appointment to the CFTC, she was a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
Ms. Bowen’s broad and diverse corporate and transactional practice of almost 32 years began in 1982 when she started her career as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell. She joined Latham as a senior corporate associate in the summer of 1988 and became a partner January 1991 and continued at Latham & Watkins LLP until 2014.
Ms. Bowen also serves on the board of directors of Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Akamai Technologies, Inc..
Ms. Bowen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Virginia, a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
In addition, Lynn Martin, currently President, ICE Fixed Income and Data Services, has been appointed the next President of the NYSE, succeeding Stacey Cunningham, who is beginning a new chapter in her career and will join the Board of Directors of the NYSE.
Lynn Martin will lead the NYSE with a knowledgeable, collaborative, and outstanding team of executives, including Michael Blaugrund, the Exchange’s Chief Operating Officer, and John Tuttle, its Vice Chairman and Chief Commercial Officer.
While Lynn Martin assumes her new role at 11 Wall Street, she will continue to serve as Chair of ICE Fixed Income and Data Services to help guide that business as Amanda Hindlian, currently the Global Head of Capital Markets at the NYSE, becomes its new President.