NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna named chairperson of Board of WFE

National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) Managing Director & CEO Chitra Ramkrishna was named as the Chairperson of the Board of WFE.

Zee Media Bureau

Mumbai: National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) Managing Director and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna was named as the Chairperson of the Board of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

Her name was announced at the 56th General Assembly in Cartagena, Colombia on Thursday.

WFE which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, appointed three new officers of the Board, in line with the organisation’s customary geographical rotation of officers every two years.

“I am honoured to be confirmed as the WFE Chairperson, and look forward to working with my colleagues over my term.  The WFE is the global voice of the exchange and CCP industry, and as such, represents the views and perspectives of some of the most systemically important Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) around the world. I therefore feel privileged to be part of the team helping to steward the organisation through its next phase of development,” Chitra Ramkrishna, said.

“Together we will continue to execute the WFE’s mandate of being a powerful and effective global advocate for the exchange cause.  I look forward to the next year of activity, and working with the Board and our members to help forge consensus on issues that affect us all,” Nandini Sukumar, CEO WFE said.

While Ramkrishna became the new Chairperson of WFE, Dr Urs Rüegsegger, Group CEO, SIX is the Vice Chairman and William Brodsky, Executive Chairman of the Board, Chicago Board Options Exchange is the Working Committee Chairman of WFE.