James J. McNulty

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James J. McNulty
Occupation	Chairman
Employer	NYSE Liffe
Location	Chicago
Web site	http://www.nyse.com/

Jim McNulty chairman of NYSE Liffe,^[1] an independent non-executive director of ICAP^[2] and a member of the board of directors of NYSE Euronext. He is a director of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago^[3][4] and on the Finance Council of the Archdioces of Chicago.

In October of 2008, it was announced that McNulty had been chosen as chairman of the board of NYSE Liffe, LLC, the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX).^[5]

Background

McNulty was hired by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as CEO in 2000 to lead the company through the demutualization and IPO process.^[6]. During his tenure, he played an integral role in managing the IPO process, guided the CME's intensive technology investment strategy and helped instill a shareholder value culture and model public company processes. He assembled one of the industry's strongest management teams and presided over the exceptional growth of GLOBEX volume from 64,000 contracts per day to 1.3 million in July, 2003.^[7]

He stepped down as CEO of Chicago Mercantile Exchange in January of 2004, and was succeeded by Craig Donohue.^[8][9]Shares of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings dropped 6.9% the day the news was released that McNulty was leaving the CME at the end of 2003.^[10]

McNulty joined the board of the NYSE Group in December 2005^[11] before the merger with Euronext,^[12] and was previously a director of Archipelago Holdings.

Prior to joining CME, he was managing director and co-head of the corporate analysis and structuring team in the corporate finance division at Warburg Dillion Read, now part of UBS.^[13] He was also a partner at O'Connor & Associates from 1989 to 1993.^[14] He also was president of Hayes & Griffith, a futures-related investment banking firm.

Education

McNulty holds a bachelor of arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also holds a masters of arts degree from Unversity College Dublin in Anglo Irish studies.^[15][16]

References

1. ↑ NYSE Liffe Announces its Board of Directors. NYSE Liffe. Retrieved on October 6, 2008.
2. ↑ ICAP Director Bios. ICAP. Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
3. ↑ James J. McNulty. Linkedin. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
4. ↑ Children's Memorial Hospital. Linkedin. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
5. ↑ Press Release. NYSE. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
6. ↑ Chicago Merc Raises $166.3 Million in IPO. Reuters. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
7. ↑ Chicago Mercantile Exchange Appoints Craig S. Donohue To Succeed James J. McNulty As Chief Executive Officer At Year-End. CME Group via Mondovision. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
8. ↑ Faces In The News. Forbes. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
9. ↑ ICAP Director Bios. ICAP. Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
10. ↑ Chicago Merc Shares Drop on CEO News. The Street.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
11. ↑ Out with the Old, In with the New: NYSE Group, Starting a New Tradition. The Illinois Business Law Journal. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
12. ↑ NYSE Group Board Bios. NYSE Group. Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
13. ↑ View from the Top of Stock Index Futures. SFO Magazine. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
14. ↑ James J. McNulty. Futures Industry Association. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
15. ↑ James J. McNulty. Linkedin. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
16. ↑ James McNulty to give lecture on February 20. Bradley University. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.