Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Thomas M. Joyce |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Rodger O. Riney |
President |
| Derek N. Stein |
CTO, Chief Admin Officer & Executive Vice President |
| John B. Howard |
CFO |
| Gregory C. Voetsch |
Executive Vice President, Equity Sales & Trading |
| Catherine Smith |
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications & Public Relations |
| Conrad J. Hopkins |
Vice President, Intl Sales Trading |
| Judy Pirro |
Vice President, Investor & Shareholder Relations |
| Kara Fitzsimmons |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
| Glenn T. Callen |
Senior Managing Director, Cash Equity Trading |
| Margaret E. Wyrwas |
Senior Managing Director, Corporate Communications |
| Michael Williams |
Senior Managing Director |
| Mony Rueven |
Senior Managing Director-Electronic Trading |
| Peter A. Santoro |
Senior Managing Director, Options Trading & Risk Management |
| Robert P. Roberto |
Managing Director, Intl Sales Trading |
| Douglas T. Modico |
Director, Intl Sales Trading |
| Harry T. Bourque |
Director, Intl Sales Trading |
| Michael J. Verano |
Director, Intl Sales Trading |
| Charles V. Doherty |
Director |
| Laurie M. Shahon |
Director |
| Robert M. Lazarowitz |
Director |
Board of Directors
Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has over 30 years of experience in the securities industry. Mr. Joyce has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since December 2004 and has served as a Director since October 2002. He has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2002. From December 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Joyce was the Global Head of Trading at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Joyce held a variety of leadership roles in the Global Institutional Equity business during his 15 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., where his last position was Head of Global Equity eCommerce from 1999 through 2001. Mr. Joyce is a former member of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq and the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”). Mr. Joyce received his A.B. in Economics from Harvard College in 1977.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Darien Rowayton Bank |
Founder |
Current |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Special Olympics Connecticut, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. |
Global Head, Trading |
Former |
| Archipelago, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Security Industry Association |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard College |
A.B. In Economics |
Former |
| Harvard College |
Degree In Economics |
Former |
Rodger Riney is the president and chief executive officer of Scottrade, Inc., which he founded in 1980 as a discount brokerage firm serving individual investors. As an expert in financial technology, Riney has led corporate strategy and operations for the company since its inception, including Scottrade's entry into Web-based trading and continued growth as an online brokerage. Starting in 1982, Scottrade successfully branched out from its Scottsdale, Ariz., base to locations across the country, promoting deeply discounted commissions for trades placed via the telephone. As the Internet was introduced and adoption grew, Riney capitalized on the new medium and incorporated Web-based service into his brokerage company. Riney originally created and introduced Scottrade.com as a means for the company's already substantial customer base to benefit from online trading. Over the years, Scottrade's combination of online access and local branch offices has enabled the company to deliver unprecedented customer satisfaction, the foundation of Scottrade's business, and dramatically increase the company's customer base. Riney earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
CTO, Chief Admin Officer & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Knight Capitol Group Inc |
Chief Admin Officer, Chief Technical Officer & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Knight Execution Partners LLC |
Executive Vice President, Technology |
Current |
Gregory C. Voetsch, Executive Vice President, Head of Institutional Client Group of the Company, has over 25 years of experience in the securities industry. Mr. Voetsch has been with the Company since September 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Voetsch was a Managing Director and Head of Nasdaq Sales Trading at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. since 1997. He was also Co-Head of U.S. Sales Trading from 1999 to 2001. Previously, he was a Nasdaq Sales Trader at Salomon Smith Barney. Mr. Voetsch also spent ten years at Jefferies & Co. as an Equities Sales Trader.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Equity Sales & Trading |
Current |
| Salomon Smith Barney |
Sales Trader |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications & Public Relations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
Current |
| Knight Capitol Group Inc |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
Current |
| Knight Capital Market LLC |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
Current |
| Knight Equity Markets International Ltd |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
Former |
| Knight Execution Partners LLC |
Vice President, Corp Communications |
Former |
Margaret E. Wyrwas, Senior Managing Director, Communications, Marketing & Investor Relations, was recruited in June of 1999 to create and oversee a Communications, Marketing & Investor Relations Department for Knight following the Company’s initial public offering. Ms. Wyrwas is responsible for all areas affecting Knight's corporate culture, reputation and valuation, including investor and media relations; shareholder and employee communications; corporate branding, marketing and advertising initiatives; community relations and public affairs; and the corporate website.
Prior to joining Knight, Ms. Wyrwas was a Senior Managing Director and Group Head of the New York Financial Communications division at Hill & Knowlton, Inc., where her primary responsibility was to rebuild the firm’s investor relations practice. During her tenure, Ms. Wyrwas advised more than a dozen companies in four countries regarding communication strategies.
Before Hill & Knowlton, Ms. Wyrwas worked at Ames Department Stores, Inc., most recently as Vice President, Corporate Communication and Investor Relations. Prior to Ames, she was an Assistant Vice President, Corporate Banking at Mellon Bank.
Ms. Wyrwas is past chair of the National Board of Directors of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), for which she is a founder of the organization’s Center of Strategic Communication. She also is a Board member of the Fairfield (CT)/Westchester (NY) Chapter of NIRI and a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable, the Investor Relations Association and the Wisemen. Ms. Wyrwas graduated from Simmons College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Senior Managing Director, Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Knight Capitol Group Inc |
Senior Managing Director |
Current |
| Knight Capital Market LLC |
Senior Managing Director |
Current |
| National Investor Relations Institute |
Chair, National Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Westchester |
Board Member |
Current |
| Fairfield & Company |
Board Member |
Current |
| Ames Department Stores |
Vice President, Corporate Communication and Investor Relations |
Former |
| Hill & Knowlton, Inc. |
Senior Managing Director |
Former |
| Knight Execution Partners LLC |
Senior Managing Director |
Former |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Senior MD, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations |
Former |
| Hill & Knowlton, Inc. |
Group Head |
Former |
| Simmons College |
B.A. In Liberal Arts |
Former |
Michael Williams , Senior Managing Director and Head of Hotspot FX, brings more than 30 years of foreign exchange and fixed income experience to his position at Knight. Mr. Williams joined Knight in October 2006 from Sand Spring Partners LLC, a financial services firm with product lines that include a currency and hedge fund advisory, cash management, foreign exchange trading and insurance services. Prior to forming Sand Spring Partners, he founded and managed Cover Asset Management, a hedge fund trading foreign exchange. Throughout his career, he has held leadership positions at companies including HSBC, Cantor Fitzgerald, Intercontinental Exchange Partners, M.W. Marshall and Bierbaum A.G. Mr. Williams has also served on the U.S. Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee.
Gary R. Griffith, Director of the Company, has served on the Board since the Company’s initial public offering and, before that, as an advisory board member of Roundtable Partners, L.L.C., the Company’s predecessor, since March 1995. He has been an independent financial consultant since 1990 and has worked in investment banking and financial consulting since 1980. Before 1980, Mr. Griffith was with CBS, Inc. and Price Waterhouse. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), New York State Society of CPA’s and Financial Executives International. Mr. Griffith is a certified public accountant who received a B.S. in Business Administration from Ohio State University in 1963.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Ohio State University |
B.S. In Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Bombay Company, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Knight Trading Group, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Salomon Brothers |
Vice President |
Former |
| Kitty Hawk, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Columbia Business School |
MBA |
Former |
| Wellesley College |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In English and Political Science |
Former |
Executive News
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Scottrade Opens First Online Brokerage Office in Lafayette, La.
Reuters - 7/21/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Opens First Online Brokerage Office in Lafayette, La.
Business Wire - 7/21/09 - View Story
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Man admits to impersonating Scottrade clients
St. Louis Business Journal - 7/16/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Opens Pearland, Texas, Office
Forbes.com - 7/14/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Announces New Springfield, Va., Branch Office
Forbes.com - 7/14/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Opens Pearland, Texas, Office
Reuters - 7/14/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Announces New Springfield, Va., Branch Office
Reuters - 7/14/09 - View Story
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Scottrade adds Energy Corridor office
Houston Business Journal - 7/08/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Opens Branch Office in Garner, N.C.
Reuters - 7/07/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Opens Shawnee, Kan., Branch Office
Reuters - 7/07/09 - View Story
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Scottrade Announces New Branch Office in Northern Atlanta
Business Wire - 7/07/09 - View Story
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UPDATE 1-Knight Capital to expand ETF operations
Forbes.com - 6/23/09 - View Story
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UPDATE 1-Knight Capital to expand ETF operations
Reuters - 6/23/09 - View Story
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Knight Capital Group Expands ETF Capabilities, Adds Sales and Trading Staff
Reuters - 6/23/09 - View Story
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Knight Capital Group Expands ETF Capabilities, Adds Sales and Trading Staff
PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 6/23/09 - View Story