Thomas Ascher

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Thomas Ascher Occupation Executive Chairman of the Board Employer Quantitative Brokers Location New York, NY USA Twitter @tom_ascher LinkedIn Profile Tom Ascher is a financial markets professional who has served in leadership positions at U.S. options exchanges as a member and employee. He is the executive chairman of the board of Quantitative Brokers, a technology company that offers advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the futures and US Cash Treasury markets. He was named to that role in December 2017. He was the chief strategy officer and head of the corporate initiatives division of International Securities Exchange from 2005 until the exchange was acquired by Nasdaq in June 2016. In that role, he was responsible for identifying, analyzing and instituting businesses that may provide ISE with growth opportunities. The corporate initiatives division managed ISE’s new business development, including strategic planning. In his role at ISE, Ascher also served as a director at Hanweck Associates, where he led ISE's investment in that firm. From 2013 to 2016, he also served as president and CEO at the pari-mutuel software firm Longitude LLC. Background Before joining ISE, Ascher served as CEO of Nasdaq-Liffe Markets (NQLX), one of two single stock futures exchanges. Before NQLX Ascher served as an executive vice president of Interactive Brokers LLC, part of the Interactive Brokers Group LLC. He was a member of Interactive Brokers’ steering committee and oversaw the company’s initiative to offer options linkage. He also has worked as an options market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, where he served as vice chairman of the Board, and chairman of the Executive Committee. Additionally, Ascher served on the Options Clearing Corporation nominating committee (2001-2002), was a trustee on the Cincinnati Stock Exchange (1997-2001), and a member and committee chairman of the Economic Club of Chicago. Before 1986, Ascher was with the Pillsbury Company in New York, where he traded spot and forward cash market commodities from 1984 to 1986. Education He is a graduate of Carleton College in Minnesota. Ascher also attended University de Pau, Pau, France. MarketsWiki Education Ascher participated in the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in New York at Nasdaq in July of 2017. References

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