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Hugh Freedberg is a derivatives industry professional with extensive experience in exchange traded products.

He is the former chairman of [[NYSE Liffe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/hugh-freedberg/31/244/394|name=Hugh Freedberg|org=LinkedIn|date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> He was named to the position effective May 1, 2009, succeeding [[Andre Villeneuve]] and left the position in April of 2012. Prior to that, he served as head of global [[derivatives]] at [[NYSE Euronext]] since 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123568148479386443.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|name=NYSE Liffe Names New Chairman|org= Wall Street Journal|date=February 27, 2009}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.forbes.com/profile/hugh-freedberg/59297|name=Hugh Freedberg|org=Forbes|date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> He served as CEO of [[Liffe]] before taking his spot at NYSE Euronext.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyse.com/corpgovernance/1173913470363.html|org=NYSE Euronext|name=Biography|date=January 8, 2008}}</ref> 

In April 2012, NYSE Liffe announced that Freedberg would retire as chairman, and that [[Alan Whiting]] would succeed him, effective May 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyse.com/press/1333362832319.html|name=Alan Whiting to succeed Hugh Freedberg as Chairman of NYSE Liffe|org=NYSE Euronext|date=April 3, 2012}}</ref>

== Background ==
While CEO of [[Liffe]], Freedberg helped engineer a joint venture with [[NASDAQ]] to trade [[security futures]] in the U.S. called [[Nasdaq LIFFE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/Newsroom/news/pr2001/ne_section01_193.html|name=Warren Langley Announced as CEO of Nasdaq LIFFE Joint Venture|org=Nasdaq|date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> 

Freedberg started his career in financial services in 1975 at American Express, where he started as marketing and sales director before being appointed general manager. In 1986, he joined [[Salomon]] Inc. as chief executive of [[The Mortgage Corporation]]. In 1990, he became an executive director at [[TSB]], the UK-based [[bank]], and chief executive of the [[insurance]] and [[investment]] services division, after which, in 1991 he was appointed chief executive of the [[Hill Samuel Group]].

Other positions he held at TSB Group included deputy chief executive (1991-1996) and a director of [[Macquarie Bank]] from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 1998 he was a managing partner at [[Korn Ferry International]].

Freedberg also has served as a member of the supervisory board of [[Atos Euronext SBF]] from 2004 to 2005, and currently is a member of the supervisory board of [[Atos Euronext Market Solutions|Atos Euronext Market Solutions Holding S.A.S]].

== Education ==
He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and the University of South Africa, and also completed senior management programs at Harvard and at [[Amos Tuck School of Business Administration]].

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[[Category:Former Exchange CEOs]]

[[Category:Futures Hall of Fame Members]]
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[[Category:LIFFE]]
[[Category:American Express]]