Instinet’s Meet The Street Adds William McKeown As Head Of North American Sales

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its Meet the Street™* subsidiary has hired veteran corporate access executive William McKeown as Head of North American Sales. In this role, Mr. McKeown will focus on helping the innovative online platform continue its impressive early growth.

Mr. McKeown joins from Knight Capital Group, Inc., where he served as a Director in Knight Corporate Access since 2005. Previously, Mr. McKeown launched Advest Group, Inc.’s corporate access practice, and before that held various sales and trading roles at Prudential Securities, Cowen Group and Credit Suisse.

“We’re thrilled to add an industry veteran of Bill’s caliber,” said Dan Dykens, President of Meet the Street. “As Meet the Street moves into its next phase of growth, we anticipate Bill’s experience and considerable contacts in both the issuer and institutional investment communities will prove extremely valuable.”

“While technology has revolutionized many aspects of Wall Street, corporate access has remained one of few relatively untouched practices,” added Mr. McKeown. “I’ve been very impressed with Meet the Street’s unique conflict-free, web-based model and am excited to join the firm.”

* Meet the Street is operated by Meet the Street, LLC, which is not a registered broker-dealer or registered investment advisor.