Sector: Financials
Director information for CME GROUP INC CLASS A (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan T. Durkin | Director; Committee Member | 65 | ["Advisor to CEO", "President of CME Group", "Chief Commercial Officer", "Chief Operating Officer", "Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CBOT", "Member of COMEX Governors Committee", "Member of CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee and Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee", "Board of Advisors for Misericordia", "Board of Trustees for Lewis University", "Board of CME Securities Clearing Inc.", "Over 30 years of experience in the industry"] | ["CHOC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Charles P. Carey | Independent Lead Director; Committee Member | 72 | ["Independent Lead Director since May 2025", "Vice Chairman from 2007 to 2010", "Chairman of CBOT from 2003", "Experience in the derivatives industry", "Advocate for the company in the industry and with regulators and government", "Familiarity with customer-facing systems and controls", "Board representative on BM&FBovespa from 2012 to 2017", "Assistance in development of soybean futures complex", "knowledgeable leader", "trusted colleague", "valuable perspective on business"] | ["CC", "EC", "FC", "NGC"] | 2026 |
| Daniel G. Kaye | Director; Committee Member | 71 | ["Interim CFO and Treasurer of HealthEast Care System from 2013 to 2014", "35 years with Ernst & Young LLP, retired in 2012", "Audit partner for 25 years", "New England Managing Partner and Midwest Managing Partner of Assurance", "Chair of audit and nomination and governance committee at Equitable Holdings, Inc.", "Director of Ferrellgas Partners LP (2012 to 2015)", "CPA and NACD Board Leadership Fellow", "Audit committee financial expert with broad boardroom experience", "Experience in financial services and operations", "Public company experience includes audit committee and nominating and corporate governance chairmanships", "Experience in GAAP/SEC accounting and reporting, regulatory risk management and compliance", "Leadership and operations experience from heading various Ernst and Young business units"] | ["AC", "EC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Deborah J. Lucas | Director; Committee Member | 67 | ["Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management", "Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy", "Research focuses on government financial institutions and financial policy", "Advisory board member for the Urban Institute", "Trustee of the NBER pension plans", "Associate editor for the Annual Review of Financial Economics", "Member of the Shadow Open Market Committee", "Visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund", "Former assistant and associate director at the Congressional Budget Office", "Professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School", "Chief economist at the Congressional Budget Office", "Senior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers", "Board member of P/E Investments and NatureServe", "Independent director on several corporate and non-profit boards", "Testified before the U.S. Congress on financial issues"] | ["AC", "CHOC", "FC", "MROC"] | 2026 |
| Dennis A. Suskind | Lead Director; Committee Member | 83 | ["Retired General Partner of Goldman Sachs & Co.", "Executive Vice President at J. Aron and Company", "Vice Chairman of NYMEX", "Vice Chairman of COMEX", "Board member of the Futures Industry Association", "Board member of International Precious Metals Institute", "Board member of Gold and Silver Institutes", "Member of the board of the CME Group Foundation", "Director of Liquid Holdings Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2016", "Chair of risk committee since 2014", "Risk management experience from Goldman Sachs and Vice Chairman of Bridge Bancorp, Inc."] | ["AC", "EC", "MROC", "NGC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Elizabeth A. Cook | Director | 65 | ["Member of CME since 1983", "Experience in market operations and trading environments", "Co-chair of the CME arbitration and floor conduct committees", "President of WILD Gives Back", "NACD Governance Fellow", "Completed the NACD Director Professionalism course", "Extensive risk management experience", "Understanding of customer-facing systems and controls"] | ["AC", "CC"] | 2026 |
| Ford Jr. | [] | [] | 2026 | ||
| Harold Ford Jr. | Director | 55 | ["Served in Congress for 10 years", "Member of House Financial Services, Budget and Education committees", "Regional President for New York City market for PNC Financial Services Group", "Vice Chairman, Corporate and Institutional Banking at PNC since 2020", "More than 10 years in investment banking with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley", "Taught public policy at Vanderbilt University and University of Michigan", "Co-host of 'The Five' and contributor to 'Special Report with Bret Baier'", "Served on advisory board of One River Asset Management", "Non-executive chairman of Rx Saver in 2019 and 2020", "Experience in government relations, public policy, and regulatory issues", "Experience in corporate governance practices"] | ["CC", "FC"] | 2026 |
| Howard J. Siegel | Director; Committee Chair; Committee Member | 69 | ["Member of CME since 1977", "Trading career at Moccatta Metals", "Independent trader on CME exchange for more than 35 years", "Secretary and Treasurer of the CME Group Foundation", "Chair of clearing house oversight committee", "Former co-chair of clearing house risk committee"] | ["CHOC", "EC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Kathryn Benesh | Director | 66 | ["Retired from Deloitte in 2021 after 40 years in audit, assurance and advisory services", "Provided services to public and private companies within various industries including energy and financial services", "Served as secretary and board member of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2004 to 2017", "Experienced with sustainability matters and cyber incidents", "CPA and member of the AICPA", "Member of the board of the CME Group Foundation", "Audit committee financial expert", "Significant leadership and risk oversight management experience"] | ["AC", "MROC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Martin J. Gepsman | Director; Committee Member | 73 | ["independent floor broker and trader since 1985", "served as Secretary of the board from 1998 to 2007", "member of CME for more than 35 years", "long-term career as a participant in markets", "deep understanding of business operations", "knowledge and experience in reviewing disciplinary charges"] | ["CHOC", "NGC", "compensation", "strategic steering", "executive", "clearing house oversight", "ethics", "arbitration", "membership appeals committee"] | 2026 |
| Patrick J. Mulchrone | Committee Member; Director | 68 | ["Member of CME since 1980", "Served on board from 1991 to 2001, including Vice Chairman", "Independent trader from 2004 to present", "Founder of Advantage Futures (2003)", "Board of directors of Standard Bank and Trust until its sale in 2017", "Board of Advisors of Misericordia Home", "Co-Vice Chair of political action committee", "Class B-2 nominating committee", "B.S. in Accounting from Western Illinois University", "More than 40 years of experience in the futures industry", "Founded Advantage Futures LLC", "Service on the board of governors at CME during transition to for-profit organization", "Part of team that grew Standard Bank assets fourfold to $2.5 billion"] | ["AC", "CHOC", "FC"] | 2026 |
| Patrick W. Maloney | 64 | [] | [] | 2026 | |
| Patrick W. Maloney (PAT) | Director | 64 | ["Independent floor broker in the SOFR option pit from 2007 to present", "Member of CME since 1985", "Full-time floor trader and broker since 1985", "Experience on numerous CME functional committees"] | ["RC", "FC"] | 2026 |
| Phyllis M. Lockett | CEO of LEAP-X; Committee Member; Committee Chair | 60 | ["Founder of LEAP Innovations", "Former CEO of New Schools for Chicago", "Former executive director of Civic Consulting Alliance", "Experience with IBM, Kraft Foods, and General Mills", "Serial entrepreneur in education and government"] | ["CC", "EC", "NGC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| Rahael Seifu | Director, Legal; Committee Member | 44 | ["Director, Legal at Google LLC since November 2022", "Associate Corporate Counsel at Google from April 2014 to June 2016", "Corporate Counsel at Google from June 2016 to May 2019", "Senior Counsel at Google from May 2019 to November 2022", "Corporate Associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP from 2013 to 2014", "Corporate Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP from 2008 to 2013", "Law clerk to the Honorable George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York"] | ["CC", "EC", "MROC", "NGC"] | 2026 |
| Robert J. Tierney | Committee Member | 50 | [] | [] | 2026 |
| Robert J. Tierney Jr. | Director | 50 | ["Managing partner and owner of Kore Trading LLC", "Member of CBOT since 1999", "Member of CME since 2012", "Member of NYMEX/COMEX since 2020", "Experience in electronic trading and technology", "Mentors, trains, and fosters college graduates in various CME group spread products", "Led the firm's establishment of a software engineering subsidiary in Eastern Europe", "Developed and created proprietary software to foster growth"] | ["CHOC", "NGC"] | 2026 |
| Terrence A. Duffy | Chairman of the Board; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Committee Chair | 67 | ["Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CME Group since November 2016", "Executive Chairman and President of CME Group since May 2012", "Vice Chairman of the board of CME Holdings from its formation in August 2001", "Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) from 2003 to 2013", "Education from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater", "Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa, from Saint Xavier University in 2019", "Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University in 2007", "strategic leadership", "knowledge of our business and industry", "steering CME to demutualize and become a publicly-traded corporation", "leading multiple mergers and acquisitions", "expressing the company\u2019s knowledge and views before numerous Congressional committees"] | ["EC"] | 2026 |
| Timothy S. Bitsberger | Director; Committee Member | 66 | ["Managing Director and Portfolio Specialist at The TCW Group", "Managing Director, Official Institutions FIG Coverage Group of BNP PNA", "Senior Consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton", "Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Freddie Mac", "Deputy Assistant Secretary for federal finance at U.S. Treasury", "Assistant Secretary for financial markets at U.S. Treasury"] | ["CC", "EC", "FC", "MROC"] | 2026 |
| William R. Shepard | Director; Committee Member | 79 | ["more than 45 years of experience at CME", "Second Vice Chairman from 2002 to 2007", "founder and President of Shepard International, Inc.", "long-time market participant", "initial Chairperson of the clearing house oversight committee", "experience with risk management and oversight"] | ["CHOC", "FC", "RC"] | 2026 |
| William W. Hobert | Committee Member; Director | 62 | ["Founder of WH Trading, LLC", "Over three decades of industry experience as an open outcry market maker, electronic options and futures trader", "Government advocacy relating to the industry"] | ["CHOC"] | 2026 |
