Will Easley

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Will Easley
Occupation Vice Chairman and Acting CEO
Employer Boston Options Exchange
Location Chicago, IL USA
Web site www.bostonoptions.com

Will Easley is the vice chairman of the Boston Options Exchange(BOX)[1] [2] which commenced trading in February of 2004.

Background

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He joined the BOX project as project manager in September 2001, and served as an interim CEO when previous CEO Scott Morris stepped down.[3]Easley, who contributed to BOX's inception all the way back in February 2002, reportedly said he would continue to build Morris' maker-taker pricing model and enhance the exchange's best execution operations.

Prior to that, he worked as a consultant for the Montreal Exchange (2000-01) and Euronext SA in Paris (1997-2000), concentrating on the transfer of floor-based markets to an automated trading environment in Asia, South America and Canada as well as Europe.

From 1987 until 1996, he ran an options market making and index arbitrage group in Paris, trading primarily on the Monep and Matif. In previous lives, he worked as an internal auditor and commercial artist.

Education

He holds an MBA in finance and marketing from McGill University (Montreal) and a BA in political science and history from Vanderbilt University (Nashville).

References

  1. People on the Move. Boston Business Journal. Retrieved on June 25, 2008.
  2. Management Change At BOX. Boston Options Exchange. Retrieved on June 13, 2008.
  3. Press Release. MarketsMedia. Retrieved on June 25, 2008.
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