Speakers- 8th Annual Global ETF Awards©Workshop
	Natalia Bandera Director, BARCLAYS New York	Natalia Bandera is a Director in Equity and Funds Structured Markets team at Barclays. Based in New York, Ms. Bandera is responsible for structuring and developing new innovative equity product ideas, strategies and indices for institutional, private banking and investment advisor clients. Ms. Bandera joined Barclays Capital in 2008 from Lehman Brothers where she structured and priced equity and cross-asset hybrid products for the firm’s institutional and private banking clients. Ms. Bandera holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.
	Reginald M. Browne Managing Director, Listed Derivatives Trading, KNIGHT EQUITY MARKETS, L.P.	Mr. Reginald Browne is a Managing Director of Knight Capital Group and co-heads the firm’s global ETF institutional sales and business initiatives. Mr. Browne joined Knight in May 2009 from Newedge USA, a division of Societe Generale and Credit Agricole CIB. At Newedge, he was a Senior Vice President and Co-Head of the Americas ETF group in which he was chiefly credited for the rapid growth of the group through sales initiatives and strategic partnerships. Prior to Newedge, Mr. Browne spent nearly a decade with Susquehanna International Group, where he held many roles as a Senior Trader. Through his tenure at Susquehanna, Mr. Browne became the first active ETF market maker and recognized as one of the first modern ETF Market Makers in the industry. Mr. Browne is an exchange member on the American Stock Exchange and was elected as an Exchange Official - the first African American in exchange history. At the New York Stock Exchange, Mr. Browne was President and CEO of Susquehanna Index Specialist; a NYSE member firm and subsidiary of Susquehanna. Mr. Browne credits O'Connor and Associates, a predecessor firm of UBS where he began as a trading assistant in 1990, for laying his foundation in academic index arbitrage and trading principals. Mr. Browne has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis in Finance, from La Salle University.
	Stephen Cook Chief Operations Officer, BNY MELLON -STRUCTURED FUNDS BUSINESS	Steve Cook is the COO for the Global ETF Services Business. In that capacity Steve is responsible for all aspects of the industry leading product offering for the Exchange Traded Fund, Unit Investment Trust and Closed-End Fund businesses. This includes overseeing client relationships, business development, product development and strategy and technology enhancements globally. From 2005-2009 Steve held the position of ETF Global Product Manager, guiding the product offering, business strategy and technology development for the ETF business. Steve is a sought after speaker at global ETF industry events, a contributor to articles and thought leadership pieces and often interviewed by the media for his industry insight. In the 8 years prior to that held increasingly senior positions within operations, relationship management and sales for these businesses. Mr. Cook joined BNY Mellon in 1997 and is a graduate of The University of Richmond, he resides in New Jersey with his wife and two children.
	Christos Costandinides DEUTSCHE BANK - EQUITY RESEARCH	Christos lead’s Deutsche Bank’s European ETF Research & Strategy team and is based in London. The team publishes timely and insightful research on the ETF industry as well as on a wide variety of ETF instrument functionality and implementation topics. In addition, the team makes frequent contributions to industry and investor forums and to leading global financial media. Previously Christos worked with Moody’s where he had lead Analyst responsibility for a portfolio of fund and asset manager issuer ratings. Before Moody’s Christos worked as a portfolio manager for Mellon Capital Management in San Francisco, California. Christos holds an MBA (2000) from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He also holds a BA (Hons) in Industrial Economics and Accounting (1994) from the University of Nottingham, UK.
	Brian K. Evans Principal and Portfolio Manager, MADRONA FUNDS, LLC	Brian Evans, nationally published author, KKNW radio host, and Personal Finance Specialist, is a four time FIVE STAR Wealth Manager according to Seattle Magazine. His firm, BondStreet Wealth Management LLC, has been ranked one of the top 25 fastest growing companies in its class for three consecutive years. Most recently, Evans rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating the launch of his three broad-market Exchange Traded Funds. Created with the use of his pioneering Valuation Model, these funds have gained notice by industry staples such as: Barron’s, ETF Database, and Zack’s Investment Research. His expertise in the bond market was also featured in a live interview broadcasted on the Fox Business Network. Evans began his career in accounting and has been a CPA for more than 27 years. He is the owner of Bauer Evans Inc. P.S., a CPA firm of 17 accountants managing more than 2,700 clients. In 1999, Evans founded BondStreet Wealth Management LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor that offers comprehensive global investment services, currently managing more than $110 million in assets under management. Evans graduated Summa Cum Laude from Washington State University in 1984, where he majored in Accounting.
	Brinton Frith Founder & President, JAVELIN EXCHANGE TRADED SHARES	Brinton Frith is Founder and President Of Javelin Exchange Traded Shares. Javelin managed and marketed ETFs from 2009 through 2011 and recently filed for new ETFs. Prior to founding Javelin in 2007, Brint was a Managing Director at Philadelphia Brokerage, a full service Broker/Dealer specializing in corporate finance and asset management. He was responsible for developing proprietary products and strategies as well as executing trading strategies for hedge funds and his own investment company, Optional Investors. Brint was also the primary operations and compliance officer. While at Philadelphia Brokerage, Brint worked with overlay managers and traders involved in the development of early ETF products including the “WEBS” and “Country Baskets.” In managing this effort, he was subsequently responsible for executing block trades and various international arbitrage strategies. Brint has developed a proprietary REIT Index and related derivative products. He has obtained Series 3,4,7,24,27,53,55,63 and 65 securities licenses. Brint has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Delaware.
	Deborah Fuhr Partner, ETF GLOBAL INSIGHT	Deborah Fuhr is a partner and co-founder of ETF Global Insight, an independent research and consultancy firm established in early 2012 aimed at providing services to the rapidly expanding global Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry and investors. The firm is focused on providing thought leadership, publishing independent research on the industry, products, applications, competitor analysis, providing education and assistance to investors on product comparison, asset allocation implementation and offering customised research. Previously she was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and a Managing Director at BlackRock/BGI from Sept 2008 – Oct 2011. Under Ms Fuhr’s guidance the team was responsible for advising clients on the implementation of asset allocation strategies using ETFs, producing analysis and guidebooks on the global ETF industry. The team won a number of awards. She has an MBA from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut.
	Sal Gilbertie President and Co-founder, TEUCRIUM	Sal Gilbertie, president and co-founder of Teucrium, brings deep experience in commodities markets, particularly in the areas of trading and liquidity, providing insights which enable him to design compelling Exchange Traded Products (“ETPs”) for a wide variety of investors. In 1982, Mr. Gilbertie began trading at Cargill's oil arm in New York. He has been involved in the financial markets since that time, most recently with Newedge USA, LLC, where he headed the Renewable Fuels/Energy Derivatives Over- the-Counter (“OTC”) execution desk and was an active over-the-counter derivatives trader and market maker. While there, Mr. Gilbertie developed the liquidity and the standard contract in the ethanol market. Prior to that, he was principal and co-founder of Cambial Asset Management, LLC, an adviser to two private funds that focused on equity options, and Cambial Financing Dynamics, a boutique investment bank. Mr. Gilbertie, who is 50 years old, graduated from Fairfield University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.
	C. Ozgur Guneri CEO, Finans Portfoy	Ozgur Guneri has been working in Turkish financial markets for more than 20 years covering various positions in both buy and sell sides. He started his professional career as an equity analyst and covered various sectors while assuming the position of country analyst for neighboring countries. Following 8 years of sell-side experience, he moved on to asset management. He was part of the team establishing Finans Asset Management in 2000, one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey. He focused extensively on implementing international investment standards into Turkish Mutual Fund industry. He is currently the CEO of Finans Asset Management. The total assets under management of the company exceed US$ 1bn. Ozgur Guneri worked closely with Capital Markets Board, Takasbank and Istanbul Stock Exchange to create a world-class ETF structure and products in Turkey. The team launched Dow Jones Istanbul 20, the first ETF in Turkey in January 2005. GOLDIST, the first gold ETF was launched in 2006 and FTSE FBIST Istanbul Bond ETF in 2007. Finans Asset Management will launch two more ETFs on May 2nd 2012, the first silver ETF and currency ETF in Turkey and total number of ETFs will reach 8 with total AUM of USD 150mn. Ozgur Guneri and his team are currently working on new products in various segments of asset management industry.
	Chris Hempstead Director of ETF Execution Services, WALLACHBETH	Chris Hempstead began his ETF career with Susquehanna International Group in March of 1999, hired specifically for the launch of the QQQ on the American Stock Exchange. For 8 years, Chris was the QQQ specialist handling orders for electronic customers, traders, brokers and the firm’s account. As a result of the heavy trading volume and success of the product, Chris developed a thorough understanding of the ETF pricing mechanism, creation/redemption process, basket and futures trading, and use of ETF as a risk management tool. Following Susquehanna, Chris spent 18 months successfully building a proprietary ETF trading unit for a European bank. In Sept 2009 Chris took the challenge of building an ETF market making platform on a sell side customer facing desk and joined Cowen. Chris’ aggregate experience within the ETF space fit perfectly with WallachBeth’s needs where he began work in December of 2011. In 3 short months, Chris and his team built a sophisticated ETF pricing infrastructure allowing WallachBeth to not only provide customers with value-added execution capabilities including creating and redeeming ETF’s, but also to supply client’s with insightful feedback across various ETF product. Chris’s knowledge of ETF’s coupled with his trading experience and extensive contacts within the ETF community afford him the tools to provide effective execution across most all ETF’s.
	Ted Hood Chief Executive Officer, Source	Before joining Source, Ted Hood was a Managing Director and co-head of Morgan Stanley's multi-asset structuring team which creates and distributes derivative investment products to EMEA investors. Prior to this, he worked within Morgan Stanley's equity product group with responsibility for the development, marketing and execution of structured product and alternative fund platforms. Previously Ted was a lawyer at the London and New York offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton specialising in cross-border financial transactions, before joining Morgan Stanley's tax department as a Vice President in 1999. He holds a Juris Doctor from the Cornell Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as editor of the Cornell Law Review.
	Jonathan Horton President & Chief Marketing Officer, FTSE	Jonathan Horton, President, FTSE North America and Chief Marketing Officer, FTSE Group: Based in New York, Jonathan oversees Exchange Traded Products and Relationship Management for FTSE Americas and Global Marketing for FTSE. Jonathan has over 25 years of marketing and consulting experience and has led high profile strategic, operational and marketing assignments across a wide range of industry sectors at Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer levels. He first worked with FTSE in London as a consultant in 1995 and re-joined the firm in January 2009, initially as Global Head of Marketing and then as Chief Operating Officer.
	John L. Jacobs Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.	John Jacobs is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Executive Vice President for The NASDAQ OMX Group, the world’s largest exchange company. As CMO, Jacobs plays a key role in the strategic development and implementation of the company's branding and messaging. His group is responsible for the full spectrum of NASDAQ OMX’s marketing including advertising, marketing communications, market research, public relations and media relations targeting NASDAQ OMX audiences in the U.S. and abroad. Jacobs is also head of The NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group. In this position, he is responsible for all aspects of business development including the creation and licensing of strategy indexes in the U.S. and abroad. Under his direction, NASDAQ launched the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking StockSM (QQQQ), one of the most successful financial products in stock market history.
	Richard M. Keary Principal/Founder, Global ETF Advisors	Richard Keary, Principal/Founder of Global ETF Advisors (www.globaletfadvisorsllc.com), has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as a stock exchange executive, institutional block trader, and independent management consultant. He created Global ETF Advisors in March of 2009 to promote the growth of ETFs globally and to provide services to various businesses and entrepreneurs looking to create financial product-based entities. Global ETF Advisors maintains a diverse client base that includes stock exchanges, investment managers, indexers and entrepreneurial start-ups. Mr. Keary is often quoted in financial news publications including the Wall Street Journal, Index Universe, ETF Magazine and The Financial Time’s Ignites. He has published articles on a broad array of ETF market structure issues and the growth of the ETF market in Europe, and he regularly speaks at ETF conferences globally. Prior to launching Global ETF Advisors, Richard was Managing Director of Capital Markets and Head of Global ETF/ETN Listings for The NASDAQ OMX Group, where he created and developed The NASDAQ ETF Market. He was responsible for all aspects of the listing process for ETFs and provided trading, marketing, regulatory and distribution expertise. . Prior to joining NASDAQ, Richard was SVP and Head of Trading for Ladenburg Thalmann in New York. Earlier in his career, he held various positions as an equity block trader and institutional sales trader. Richard is a two-time winner of NASDAQ's CEO Award, former Board Member for the Security Traders Association of New York and a member of the Structured Products Association. Richard’s charitable work includes UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme.
	Joseph Keenan Managing Director & Global Head of ETFs, BNY MELLON - ASSET SERVICING	Joe is responsible for several key segments within the Global Financial Institutions sector of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing including: North American Banks, Third Party Asset Managers; Non-Registered, Closed-End and Custody Only Mutual Funds, and Unit Investment Trusts. Joe is also the Global Head of the Exchange Traded Funds Services business and the President of BNY Mellon Illinois Trust Company. Joe has over twenty five years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to the merger of The Bank of New Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation, Joe joined The Bank of New York in 1985 in a customer service capacity for our mutual fund and unit investment trust company clients. He later served as the Bank's Business Manager for Mutual Fund Services in San Francisco and in 1998, Joe returned to the Wall Street headquarters to spearhead sales and marketing efforts for our Global Fund Services. In early 2000, he was named Global Product Manager of Exchange Traded Products at the Bank, responsible for all sales and marketing of the Bank's specialized services to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding Exchange Traded Fund marketplace. Joe has been interviewed by leading financial publications and websites including: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, American Banker, Pensions and Investments, Global Finance, Business 2.0, Forbes.com, IndexFunds.com, and Morningstar.com. Joe has a B.A. in English Literature and Communications from the University of Michigan, and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
	Dodd Kittsley Director-Head of iShares Due Diligence Team, BLACKROCK GLOBAL CLIENT GROUP	Dodd Kittsley, Director, currently heads the iShares Due Diligence Team within BlackRock's Global Client Group. The team reviews models, recommended lists and platforms for partner firms and delivers collaborative implementation guides and timely new product, product enhancement, educational and competitive intelligence content. Mr. Kittsley's service with the firm dates back to 2007, including his years at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. At BGI, he was responsible for providing customized portfolio solutions and product analytics to financial intermediaries. Dodd was a Director of Sales Strategy at BGI, leading a team that created and delivered ETP product and industry related insights. Previously, he was the Head of ETF Research and Strategy at State Street Global Advisors. Mr. Kittsley also worked at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for that firm's research ratings for closed-end and exchange traded funds. He has published extensively and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and in the media. Mr. Kittsley earned a BA degree in psychology from Hamilton College and a Masters in Education from the University of Houston. He received the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation, is a member of CFA® Institute.
	David Krein Senior Director, Product Development & Analytics, DOW JONES INDEXES	Mr. Krein, a member of the Dow Jones Index Oversight Committee and the Dow Jones Indexes Advisory Board, guides the research and development of new and enhanced indexes and benchmarks. In this role, he is responsible for the design, implementation and integrity of these products, ensuring that they meet Dow Jones Indexes’ stringent standards and criteria. He is also responsible for the analytical capabilities that support client needs and objectives across all index families.
	Laurent Kssis Director of Index & ETF Sales and Trading, BLUEFIN EUROPE	Laurent Kssis is Head of ETF advisory trading for institutional clients in Europe, Laurent Kssis has been actively promoting this segment for more than 9 years with many ETF providers as well as execution desks such as Lehman Brothers, Societe Generale, HVB/Unicredit, State Street and ETF market makers LaBranche and now, since the beginning of the year with Bluefin Trading Europe. Bluefin has been a key player for on-screen ETF Bond trading in the US and its keen to promote this franchise amongst ETF users for the European based products. Based in London, Laurent provides advice on how to better execute and trade ETFs with market makers like Bluefin in large block orders and for all asset classes, ie Equity, bond, Commodities & credit. His knowledge amongst the ETF market makers has provided valuable insight in the industry and conferences where he actively promote the use of OTC orders in a very fragmented European market and the misconception of settlement issues with the ETF segment.
	Ed McRedmond Senior Vice President, Institutional & Portfolio Strategies , Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC	Ed McRedmond is a Senior Vice President for Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a registered investment company that advises and sponsors the PowerShares family of Intelligent ETFs, a new generation of exchange-traded funds. In his role, Ed works on increasing the awareness and usage of Invesco PowerShares ETFs within the various distribution channels, which a focus on working with analysts, due diligence groups and portfolio managers using ETFs in various investment strategies. Additionally, he oversees a team that services the institutional and international channels for Invesco PowerShares? U.S.-listed ETFs. Prior to joining Invesco PowerShares in 2005, he was an Associate Vice President and a member of the Allocation Advisors Investment Committee at A.G. Edwards. While at A.G. Edwards, Ed also served as a senior analyst covering exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds and was a part of the team that launched and managed A.G. Edwards? discretionary ETF-wrap portfolios. Ed was also a member of the St. Louis Financial Analysts Society. Prior to joining A.G. Edwards, Ed began his career at Charles Schwab where he was a founding member and supervisor of the Active Trader Schwab 500 group. Ed has been quoted in numerous publications such as Barron?s, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes Institutional Investor, The New York Times and Kiplinger?s Personal Finance Magazine. Ed is a graduate of Quincy University with a B.S. degree in Economics & Finance.
	Thorsten Michalik Managing Director and Global Head of db X-trackers and db-X ETC, DEUTSCHE BANK	Thorsten Michalik is Managing Director and Global Head of db X-trackers and db-X ETC at Deutsche Bank. As part of the Global Markets division, db X-trackers and db-X ETC are responsible for the origination and distribution of exchange traded funds across asset classes as well as exchange traded commodities. In 2000, he joined Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt as a product manager and contributed significantly to the growth of the equity derivatives business. In 2001, he became responsible for product management, marketing as well as press relations for the X-markets business in Frankfurt establishing Deutsche Bank as the market leader in warrants and certificates in Germany. Before assuming his current position end of 2006, Thorsten moved to Asia in 2004 to set up the warrants and certificate business for Deutsche Bank out of Hong Kong. Thorsten graduated at the university in Constance with a degree in business and management administration. He started his career at UBS in Zurich as a trader for foreign exchange warrants before he moved to Germany covering product & marketing for warrants & certificates for the Swiss bank.
	Kathleen Moriarty Partner, KATTEN LAW	Instrumental in the development of SPDRs, Kathleen is a financial services lawyer with extensive experience representing US exchange-traded investment companies (ETFs). She also advises public and private foreign entities about the regulation and operation of ETFs. In addition, Kathleen represents market participants structuring non-investment company exchange traded vehicles (ETVs) with respect to legal and regulatory matters relating to the issuance, purchase and sale of ETV shares. Kathleen is an inaugural member of the ETF Database’s ETF Hall of Fame, sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Indexes and frequently speaks on the topic of ETFs and ETVs. Kathleen received her A.B. from Smith College and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School. She is a member of several bar association committees focusing on securities and derivatives law matters, and is a member of the NASDAQ Listing and Hearing Review Council.
	Sean O´Hara Managing Director, PACER FINANCIAL	Sean O’Hara joined Pacer Financial in July of 2007 to lead the national wholesaling team. Pacer Financial offers strategies that address the needs of today’s investors through exchange traded products as well as other investment vehicles. Prior to joining Pacer, Sean spent 22 years with PLANCO/Hartford where he performed various roles including wholesaler, divisional manager, and managing director of the national wholesaler team. In his time as managing director, PLANCO sales grew on an annual basis from $14 billion per year to over $30 billion per year. During his tenure, he had oversight responsibility for more than 300 wholesalers, 20 divisions and managing all domestic wholesaling activities for Variable Annuities, Mutual Funds, and 401k’s. Additionally, Sean oversaw Variable Annuity sales in Japan and held a seat on the Board of Directors for the Japanese Life Company. Sean holds the FINRA Series 7, 24, 26, 63, and 65 licenses as well as a Pennsylvania Resident Insurance Producer license and is also licensed as a Non-resident Insurance Producer in all 50 states and commonwealths throughout the US and the District of Columbia. Sean has made television appearances on CNBC and Fox Business. He is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
	Adam Phillips Chief Operating Officer, Market Vectors ETFs	Joined Van Eck in 2006; named Market Vectors COO in 2012. Previously served as director of strategic business and capital markets relationships for all Market Vectors exchange-traded fund (ETF) products. Prior to joining Van Eck, founder and managing member of LB Trading, LLC, a proprietary ETF trading firm on the American Stock Exchange, and junior general partner and management committee member of Orbit II Partners, L.P., a proprietary trading firm specializing in equity options, index options and ETF market making. Member of American Stock Exchange from 1996 through 2006 and Amex Floor Official from 2001-2003. BA, Economics and American Civilization, Lafayette College, 1992.
	Kevin W. Quigg, CIMA, Global Head of SPDR ETF Strategy and Consulting, SSgA	Kevin is Global Head of SPDR ETF Strategy and Consulting. In this role Kevin is responsible for increasing SPDR ETF's footprint globally by overseeing the creation of industry leading investment content and institutional ETF consulting services. Kevin previously headed SPDR ETFs Global Capital Markets Group responsible for working with market participants in the primary and secondary markets in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Additionally, Kevin oversees SPDR ETFs expansion into new markets in the Americas. Prior to rejoining SSgA Kevin was a Business Development Officer responsible for exchange traded product sales for Barclay's Global Investors. Prior to his time at BGI Kevin spent 6 years as a Regional Consultant for SSgA in Los Angeles. Kevin is a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross. He is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and holds his FINRA series 6, 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
	Steven P. Quinn Head of Distribution, VELOCITYSHARES	Steve is a principal and the head of distribution at VelocityShares, a leader in providing institutional investors with sophisticated solutions for portfolio and trading risk management. VelocityShares’ strategies span from the design of exchange-traded products to the development of systematic tail-risk strategies. Steve’s team focuses on educating institutional investors about these solutions. Steve has over 17-years of experience in the financial markets, primarily in institutional equity sales. Prior to joining VelocityShares, he managed a team at UBS that was responsible for delivering the firm’s capabilities to some of the largest hedge funds and investment complexes in the US. Previously, he was an Executive Director with JP Morgan working with large asset managers in Chicago and New York. Prior to his career at JP Morgan, Steve was in portfolio management at Bankers Trust private bank. Steve holds a BA in Business Administration from Fordham University and an MBA from New York University.
	Richard Radnay co-founder/CTO XTF Inc.	Richard has over 20 years experience in the financial industry with a specific focus on delivering cutting edge technology applications. Richard began his career at Bear Stearns where he built and managed proprietary trading engines in both equity and fixed income trading. Richard co-founded XTF in 2001 which started as a proprietary ETF market maker on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. In addition to managing the daily operations he built the infrastructure enabling traders to price, arbitrage and provide liquid markets in all ETFs. Richard currently is responsible for all aspects of design, technology and quantitative research at XTF. He lives with his wife and 2 daughters in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
	Nitin Rakesh Managing Director & CEO, MOTILAL OSWAL ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY	Mr. Nitin Rakesh has over 18 years of experience in the Investment Management & Financial Services industry. He's the Founder CEO of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company and the creator of the MOSt Shares ETF brand. He has been driving the set up and expansion of the Asset Management business at Motilal Oswal since 2008 and is the primary driver for firm’s expansion into ETFs, Mutual Funds & Managed Accounts. He has previously been the CEO and Executive Director of State Street Syntel Services, the JV between State Street Bank (NYSE: STT) & Syntel (NASD: SYNT). He was a founding member of the State Street operation in India in 2003 and grew it to a scalable global delivery center with 3500 employees, servicing all key segments & customers for State Street in middle office outsourcing, fund accounting, trade processing, performance reporting etc. In addition, he has held various positions in organizations such as TCG Investments (ex-affiliate of Soros Fund Management, India dedicated Alternative Funds) and Unit Trust of India (UTI Mutual Fund), where he has also successfully raised India Dedicated Offshore Funds from global markets. Mr. Rakesh is a Bachelors in Engg. (Computers) and an MBA (Finance).
	Brian Reilly Vice President, BBH Global ETF Services	Brian Reilly joined Brown Brothers Harriman in early 2010 and oversees several aspects of Brown Brothers Harriman's Global ETF Business Development and ETF Consulting efforts. In this role, Brian works with both new and existing ETF sponsors as they develop their various index, listing, product, and distribution strategies. Brian began his career in the financial services industry with Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA in 1990. During his time with Fidelity, Brian held a number of management roles in Fidelity’s sales, marketing, and product management and development functions. Over the last several years, Brian was a Vice President in Fidelity's Personal and Workplace Investing organization overseeing various aspects of Fidelity's discretionary money management, investment guidance and retirement planning, and most recently, Fidelity's ETF, Index, and Alternative Investments product team. In this last role, Brian was responsible for Fidelity's Alternative Investment products, the $50B equity index product line including the Fidelity (ONEQ) ETF, and the distribution of 3rd Party ETFs on the Personal and Workplace Investing brokerage platforms. Brian graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA in 1990, and earned his Masters in Business Administration from Boston University in 2000.
	Bernardus Roelofs Global Head ETF Sales Trading, FLOW TRADERS Amsterdam and Singapore	Bernardus Roelofs has more than 16 years experience in investment banking, including more than 9 years as a specialized ETF Sales Trader & Advisor. Until 2000 he worked for Commerzbank, Frankfurt within the ECM division responsible for capital market transaction (IPOs and Capital Increases). At HVB/UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking in Munich, Roelofs started out as a capital market expert within the ECM division, and thereafter from 2003 - 2008 as an ETF Sales Trading specialist. In 2008, he moved to Flow Traders where he is heading the global ETF sales trading activities for institutional investors.
	Kevin Rusli Memeber of the Securities Group at Blake, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP	Kevin Rusli is a member of the Securities Group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP based out of Toronto, Canada. Kevin acts on behalf of several closed-end investment funds, mutual funds and exchange traded funds in connection with numerous public offerings, mergers, conversions and day-to-day regulatory oversight. He regularly provides legal advice regarding the acquisition, regulation and registration of investment fund managers, portfolio advisers and dealers, and has considerable experience in assisting fund managers on securities law issues relating to their investments and structure. Kevin is engaged in the regulatory changes and development of the ETF industry and currently sits as a member of the Policy Committee and Media and Public Relations Committee of the Canadian ETF Association. Kevin's other practices focus on corporate finance and public offerings, securities regulatory and compliance matters, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and venture capital. In 2009, Kevin spent one year in the Firm's New York office where he focused on Canada/U.S. cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions while providing Canadian corporate advice to both Canadian and foreign clients conducting business or offerings in Canada
	Silvio Samuel Portfolio Specialist for Index Strategies, ITAÚ ASSET MANAGEMENT	Silvio Samuel is Portfolio Specialist for Index Strategies at Itaú Asset Management. He is responsible for the design of internal indexes to reflect specific themes of investment for the development of mutual funds and ETF. As a member of ANBIMA (Brazilian Association of Investment and Capital Markets Institutions), Silvio is president of the Benchmark Committee since 2007, who is responsible for the creation of indexes based on Government Bonds – among which the IMA – Hedge Funds and Corporate Bonds. He is also the president of ANBIMA Database Committee, who is responsible for the classification standards of mutual funds. He is graduated in engineering from ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics) and Business Administration from the University of São Paulo. He has a MBA from Insper with specialization in portfolio management from the University of Chicago and Fundação Getulio Vargas.
	Konrad Sippel Global Product Development & Sales STOXX Limited	Konrad Sippel is head of the Global Product Development and Sales at STOXX Ltd. In this role Konrad is responsible for the development of innovative new index concepts across all asset classes as well as the index business of the existing indices of STOXX Ltd., Deutsche Börse AG and SIX Swiss Exchange AG. His responsibilities also include the global licensing and sales for these index families. Konrad has spent the last decade in the index business, primarily as an index developer at Deutsche Börse AG. In this period he was involved in the creation and design of hundreds of indices. Konrad Sippel graduated in Mathematics from Queen Mary College in London and also holds an MBA from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina/USA.
	Paris Smith Principal, Senior Trader, WOLVERINE	Paris Smith is a Principal on Wolverine Trading’s liquidity desk. Coming from an Index arbitrage background, he develops and implements new trading strategies for ETP’s and futures and is also responsible for issuer relationships. His desk makes markets in futures and ETP’s in a wide range of products including currency, commodities, fixed income and domestic and international equities. Paris often speaks at industry conferences on ETF pricing, trading, risk management and overall market structure, but he speaks most eloquently about the overall ETF eco system. Paris is Series 7 licensed, Finance degree from UIC. After having spent over a decade as an ETP market maker with Wolverine, he recently added top 10 fastest diaper changer in Chicago to his resume.
	Paul B. Stephens Vice President and Department Head, CHICAGO BOARD OPTONS EXCHANGE	Paul Stephens is Head of Institutional and International Marketing for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). His current focus is marketing index-related options products including options on the S&P 500 Index (tickers SPX and SPXPM) and options on the CBOE Volatility Index (ticker VIX). The CBOE, founded in 1973, is the creator of listed options and the nation’s largest options marketplace. Mr. Stephens has over twenty years industry experience in options, futures and other derivative securities. Prior to joining the marketing department at the CBOE, Mr. Stephens was a Senior Staff Instructor with The Options Institute division of the CBOE. He also taught classes for the University of Chicago’s Masters in Financial Mathematics program. Before arriving at the CBOE, he served as Financial Derivatives Instructor for the global investment bank S.G. Warburg. Mr. Stephens has also been a floor broker at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for clients of Refco, Inc. Paul Stephens has successfully passed three exams administered by the Society of Actuaries, holds a BS in Mathematics from Southern Illinois University and earned his MBA from Loyola University.
	Don Suskind SVP, Product Manager, PIMCO	Mr. Suskind is a senior vice president in the Newport Beach office and head of the exchange-traded fund (ETF) product management team, which is responsible for PIMCO's ETF business globally. He also serves as a vice president of the PIMCO ETF Trust. He was previously on PIMCO's StocksPLUS product management team, and prior to joining PIMCO in 2004 he provided merger and acquisition advisory services. He has 13 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
	Robert S. Tull Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, FACTOR ADVISORS	Robert S. Tull Jr. joined Factor Advisors LLC and the Managing Owner of the Funds, as the Chief Operating Officer of Factor Advisors LLC and the Managing Owner on August 16, 2010. Mr. Tull served as a consultant to Factor Advisors LLC and the Managing Owner beginning March 1, 2010. Mr. Tull has been a principal of the Managing Owner since October 13, 2010. Prior to joining Factor and the Managing Owner, Mr. Tull served as the COO of Old Mutual Global Index Trackers, an international long-term savings, protection and investment group based in London, from October 1, 2009 to August 13, 2010 where he was responsible for coordinating ‘40 Act operations and product development between the U.S. and South Africa for the SEC registered investment manager. From October 6, 2005 to March 1, 2010, Mr. Tull was an independent consultant, partner and a Managing Director at MacroMarkets LLC, which creates various financial instruments. While at MacroMarkets, LLC, the issuer of MacroShares, Mr. Tull was responsible for the development of MacroShares. MacroShares were NYSE-Arca listed ’33 Act equities tied to the performance of WTI oil and residential real estate benchmarked to the S&P Case-Shiller indices. Mr. Tull also worked for certain third party clients of MacroMarkets, LLC including PFPC, a global custodian bank. Mr. Tull has also served on the mutual fund board of SPA ETFs, which is a global provider of exchange traded funds, and as an advisor to the management of the Blackhawk BDC, a public company in New York. From August 2000 until September 30, 2005, Mr. Tull New Product Development at the American Stock Exchange and supported the development of over 200 ETFs and related ETP products.
	Jason Unger Managing Director, GUGGENHEIM PARTNERS, LLC	Mr. Ungar is a managing director and the product specialist for equity strategies for Guggenheim Partners, LLC. He has a wealth of experience in designing and marketing derivative based investment strategies, and he is the author of numerous papers and articles on index option overwriting programs. In his most recent role, he was the Director of Marketing and Head of Product Development for Gresham Investment Management LLC, a New York based institutional asset management firm. Prior, Mr. Ungar was a Director at Ansbacher Investment Management Inc., where he specialized in the development and implementation of equity volatility strategies for institutional and high net worth clients. He was also a Partner at Apogee Capital, LLC. He is Series 66 and 3 licensed. Mr. Ungar received a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Mathematics from St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD.
	Corey Villani Product Development Specialist, INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE	Corey is a Product Development Specialist at the ISE, responsible for design and development of derivative products and indexes. Corey joined the ISE in 2006, and has held positions in the Technology and Market Operations division. He received his BA from Cornell University
	Damon Walvoord, Index & ETF Trading, SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP (SIG)	Mr. Walvoord is responsible for several business lines relating to Susquehanna’s Index and ETF trading activities, including ETF sales and trading for the advisor and broker-dealer channels; oversight of the Firm’s ETF market-making relationships and lead market maker programs; global equity portfolio sales and trading; and general business development, product development and other strategic initiatives. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Walvoord was involved in the build-out of Susquehanna’s sell-side business, Susquehanna Financial Group, after beginning his capital markets career in the Firm’s trader training program and serving as a junior ETF and index options trader. Before joining Susquehanna in 2003, Mr. Walvoord worked in the advertising industry for a New York City agency. Mr. Walvoord is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Philosophy.