John J. Conheeney
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John Conheeney is a former chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch Futures.
Background
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Involved in the futures business for more than 40 years before retiring, John Conheeney spent most of his career at Merrill Lynch, where he began as a trainee in its futures trading program and retired as chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch Futures, Inc.
Conheeney, who served on the board of the Chicago Board of Trade for 11 years, attracted a great deal of attention with his famous “black box” speech in Chicago in 1981 that predicted the future success of electronic exchanges over open outcry.
As a member of the NFA Organizing Committee Conheeney was instrumental in the formation of National Futures Association and served as its chairman from 1990 to 1994. From 1996 to 2005, Conheeney also served on the board of the New York Mercantile Exchange as a public director.
In 2006, he was inducted into the FIA Futures Hall of Fame on the 50th anniversary of FIA.
He is married to romance novelist, Mary Higgins Clark (Conheeney).
References
Home page. Futures Industry Association. Retrieved on November 5, 2007.
