Neal Wolkoff

Neal Wolkoff is a former executive of three exchanges, and is currently a consultant and attorney focusing on futures and securities markets, exchanges, market regulation, operations and clearinghouses. Mr. Wolkoff is also an independent business consultant. From 2008 to February 2012, Mr. Wolkoff was the Chief Executive Officer of ELX Futures, L.P. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Prior to the AMEX, Mr. Wolkoff was an executive officer at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) from 1981 to 2003, over time serving as Acting President, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Vice President for Regulation and Clearing. From 1980 to 1981, Mr. Wolkoff was employed as an Honors Program Trial Attorney in the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In addition to his role as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTC Markets Group, Mr. Wolkoff is a non-executive director of World Gold Trust Services, the sponsor of the Exchange Traded Fund “GLD.” Mr. Wolkoff is also a member of the not-for-profit board of The Golda Och Academy in West Orange, NJ. Mr. Wolkoff received a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.