As CFO, Ms. Butte is responsible for all NYSE financial planning and operations, including the Controller's Department, Treasurer's Department, and Financial Planning and Analysis. She oversees the annual operating and capital budgets, monitors the performance against those budgets, and manages the NYSE's revenue and expense structure.
"My goal is to provide executive management the necessary tools and data to make informed and accurate decisions," Ms. Butte said. "We will do this by improving our process and control functions, elevating transparency and our strategic focus, and fostering a client-oriented culture."
"Amy's abilities in finance and the financial marketplace greatly enhance the ability of our finance division to be more strategically aligned with our business and customer interests," Mr. Thain said. "During this important time for the NYSE, it's essential that finance become a critical, value-added provider to the Exchange and to our core constituents, notably investors, listed companies, members and member firms."
About Ms. Butte
Prior to joining the NYSE, Ms. Butte, 36, was chief strategist and chief financial officer with Credit Suisse First Boston's financial-services division. There she helped lead the development of the firm's global asset-gathering division and the sale of the firm's correspondent clearing business, Pershing, to the Bank of New York. Prior to that, she was a highly acclaimed equity research analyst at Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., responsible for coverage of the brokerage, asset-gathering and financial technology industries.
She started her equity research career at Merrill Lynch and also worked at Bridge Trading Co., Inc.; Merrin Financial; and Andersen Consulting.
Ms. Butte has an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and a bachelor's in Political Science and Psychology from Yale University. She serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the New York City Ballet, and is an active member with the New York Women's Foundation.
