The board of directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today elected Blythe Masters as the trade association’s chairman for 2009. Masters is head of global commodities for JP Morgan Chase & Co.
G. Douglas Edwards of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. was appointed chair-elect, and Bernard Beal, CEO of M.R. Beal & Company will serve as vice-chair.
“We warmly welcome SIFMA’s new leadership, said SIFMA’s CEO and president, Tim Ryan. "By agreeing to serve as chairman in 2009, Blythe Masters will provide much needed consistency during turbulent times.”
The following executives were elected as directors of the board SIFMA:
Directors for Terms Concluding in 2009
- Bernard B. Beal, M.R. Beal & Company
- Symon Drake-Brockman, RBS Greenwich Capital
- Robert W. Hawley, BNP Paribas
- Shigesuki Kashiwagi, Nomura Holding America Inc.
- Alexandra Lebenthal, Lebenthal & Co.
- Blythe Masters, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Bart McDade, Lehman Brothers Inc.
- Paul Purcell, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
- John G. Taft, RBC Wealth Management
- James Weddle, Edward Jones
- Richard Weil, PIMCO
Directors for Terms Concluding in 2010
- Samir Assaf, HSBC Bank plc
- Walter W. Bettinger, II Charles Schwab Corporation
- Kent Christian, Wachovia Securities, LLC
- Michael Clark, Fidelity Investments
- G. Douglas Edwards, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
- Michele Faissola, Deutsche Bank AG
- John R. Gidman, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
- David B. Heller, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- William A. Johnstone, Davidson Companies
- Steven Kantor, Credit Suisse
- Olivier Khayat, Société Générale, S.A.
- Sallie Krawcheck, Citi Global Wealth Management
- Ellyn McColgan, Morgan Stanley
- Daniel C. Sontag, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
- Michael Meyer, Banc of America Securities LLC
Director to Fill Vacancy for Term Concluding in 2010
- Michael Clark, Fidelity Investments
Directors for Terms Concluding in 2011
- Curt Bradbury Jr., Stephens Inc.
- Richard Brueckner, Pershing LLC
- Jerry del Missier, Barclays Capital
- William Dwyer, LPL Financial
- Chet Helck, Raymond James Financial, Inc.
- Noe Hinojosa Jr., Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.
- Marten Hoekstra, UBS Financial Services
- Ronald J. Kruszewski, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
- Peter B. Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC
- Walter S. Robertson, Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
- David W. Wiley, III, Wiley Brothers – Aintree Capital, LLC
SIFMA member-firms elect the board of directors, from which the chairman and other officers are elected at a board meeting during the association’s Annual Meeting, which concludes on October 28th.
