Craig Donohue

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Craig Donohue

Occupation	CEO
Employer	CME Group
Location	Chicago, Illinois USA
Web site	www.cmegroup.com

Craig S. Donohue is the CEO and a director of the CME Group, formed by Chicago Mercantile Exchange's July 2007 acquisition of the Chicago Board of Trade^[1]^[2].

He was named a board director of Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros in late February 2008, as CME Group became a 10-percent stakeholder in BM&F.^[3]

1 Background
2 Affiliations
3 Education
4 News
5 Video Interviews
6 References

Background

Prior to the acquisition of CBOT, Donohue served as chief executive officer and as a board member of CME Holdings and CME since January 1, 2004, when he replaced James J. McNulty.

Working with the exchange since 1985, Donohue's previous CME positions include:

Executive vice president and chief administrative officer, Office of the CEO;
Managing director and chief administrative officer, CME Holdings (title was changed from managing director, Business Development and Corporate/Legal Affairs);
Senior vice president and general counsel;
Vice president of the Division of Market Regulation; and
Vice president and associate general counsel.

Affiliations

Donohue is chairman of the board of the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), a member of the board of directors of the Executives' Club of Chicago and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. He serves on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Global Markets Advisory Committee and on Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook's Advisory Council.

Donohue also serves as president of the CME Foundation ^[4].

Education

Donohue holds an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, a J.D. degree from John Marshall Law School, an M.L. degree in financial services regulation from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.A. degree in political science and history from Drake University.

News

On Sept. 14, 2007, CME Group announced that Donohue had established a stock trading plan in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1. According to the CME Group press release, "The plan will enable him (Donohue) to diversify his personal investment portfolio in an orderly, prearranged manner."^[5]