“CME product marketing continues to play a crucial role in strengthening CME’s brand as the leading global financial marketplace,” said CME Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue. “Chris’ expertise and leadership will be a great asset to our existing product marketing team as we continue to promote the value of our benchmark products for managing risk, and attract new customers around the world.”
Mead, 37, most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Advertising and Business Communications for CNA Insurance. In this role, he was responsible for managing international marketing, branding and advertising activities and aligning the firm’s external communications with the strategies of its core business units. He joined CNA in Chicago in 2000 and also served as Assistant Vice President, Technology and Operations Group and Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development. Mead served as Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Total Sports, an Internet-based sports entertainment business in Raleigh, N.C. and New York. He served as Director of Marketing and Chief Brand Strategist for brand thirty-three, a major advertising agency in the Los Angeles area and as Director of Operations for United Buyers Incorporated, also in Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Keene State College in Keene, N.H.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the world’s largest and most diverse financial exchange. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, equities, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.4 billion per day in settlement payments in the first three quarters of 2005 and managed $43.8 billion in collateral deposits at September 30, 2005, including $3.8 billion in deposits for non-CME products.
