CHICAGO – Martin Partners is pleased to announce the recruitment of
Martin Reiner to the position of Senior Vice President, responsible for
Business & Product Development at The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®).
Mr. Reiner began his capital markets’ career at O’Connor Partnerships in
1985, later becoming the Global Head of Commodity Derivatives at Swiss Bank
Corporation, upon the acquisition of O’Connor by Swiss Bank. He has
also held senior management roles as Global Head of Foreign Exchange Sales
Technology, and as the Co-Head of Global Marketing and Distribution Management
at SBC Warburg Dillon Read, the investment banking division of Swiss Bank.
Mr. Reiner has recently engaged in building and developing trading and
technology companies, including OptiMark Technologies, and, most recently,
Nstein Technologies, a leading e-publishing software firm, where he held the
position of Head of Global Sales & Product Management.
“Marty will make
an excellent addition to the senior management team, helping to lead CBOT®’s
business development and product marketing efforts,” comments Bill Kingore,
Partner at Martin Partners who lead the assignment. “We are aligning
our organization more closely with the market and our customers; Marty will
help spearhead this activity for us,” states Bernie Dan, Executive Vice
President of The Chicago Board of Trade.
The
CBOT® recently filed a Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). The file contains a preliminary proxy
statement and prospectus that the CBOT® anticipates will be used to solicit
membership approval for a series of restructuring transactions that will lead
to a for-profit Chicago Board of Trade structure.
About CBOT
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), established in 1848, is the world’s
oldest derivatives (futures and futures-options) exchange. More than
3,600 CBOT® members trade 48 different futures and options products at the
CBOT®, resulting in year 2000 annual trading volume of more than 233 million
contracts. As one of the world’s leading financial service
organizations, it provides world-class leadership in the development,
marketing, and trading of sophisticated agricultural, fixed-income, equity,
and global risk management products. For more information on the
CBOT®’s products and markets, log onto the exchange web site at www.cbot.com.