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Learn more about the executives who took part in NYSE Euronext’s leadership roundtable.
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E-mailThe following executives took part in “Leading in a Time of Uncertainty,” a roundtable discussion held at NYSE Euronext’s New York headquarters.
Justin A. Brownhill, co-founder and CEO, The Receivables Exchange
In 2008, Brownhill co-founded The Receivables Exchange, which provides working capital financing, especially to small and medium-size companies, in as little as one business day. Through its online marketplace, accredited institutional investors bid on a company’s accounts receivable in real-time auctions. The venture-capital-backed company won the 2010 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation award in the e-commerce category. Operated by The New Orleans Exchange Inc., The Receivables Exchange recently launched a joint strategic initiative with NYSE Euronext to market the Corporate Receivables Program, opening up the Exchange to large corporations.
Alexandre Douzet, co-founder and president, TheLadders.com
The French-born entrepreneur led the company’s European expansion by overseeing the launch of TheLadders.co.uk four years ago. Prior to co-founding the company as vice president of marketing, Douzet was director of online marketing at HotJobs.com Ltd. Online executive job search site TheLadders.com counts more than 4 million members since its founding in 2003.
Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX)
Niederauer joined NYSE Euronext in April 2007 as president and co-chief operating officer with responsibility for U.S. cash equities, and was named CEO and director later that year. Previously he spent 22 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. NYSE Euronext is a leading global operator of financial markets and a provider of innovative trading technologies. Its exchanges in Europe and the U.S. trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. Trading of the 8,000 issues listed on NYSE Euronext’s equities markets represents one-third of the world’s equities volume, making NYSE Euronext the most liquid of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the world’s second largest derivatives business by value of trading.
Nicholas T. Pinchuk, chairman, president and CEO, Snap-on Inc. (NYSE: SNA)
Pinchuk joined Snap-on in 2002 as senior vice president and president of Snap-on’s Worldwide Commercial and Industrial Group. After rising to president and chief operating officer in 2007, he was named CEO later that year and subsequently chairman in April 2009. With master’s and bachelor of science degrees in engineering, Pinchuk serves on the board of directors for the National Association of Manufacturers and on the Board of Trustees of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. Snap-on provides tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professionals performing critical tasks in vehicle dealerships and repair centers, as well as in government, aviation, natural resources and power generation.
Carley Roney, co-founder and chief content officer, XO Group Inc. (NYSE: XOXO)
Roney and her partners founded XO Group in 1996. Today, The Knot Wedding Network is home to the No. 1 online wedding-planning resource, TheKnot.com, and the No. 1 registry site, WeddingChannel.com, which together reach nearly 2 million U.S. brides annually. The brand has expanded to magazines and books, television and video, social media and mobile applications. Other titles at XO Group include The Nest.com and TheBump.com for young couples and first-time parents. In 2010 the company launched Ijie.com, a lifestyle Website in China.
Glenn Stevens, CEO, GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GCAP)
Stevens is a financial industry veteran with more than 25 years’ experience in trading and foreign exchange. GAIN Capital Holdings offers online foreign exchange trading services to retail traders and institutional investors directly, as well as indirectly through partners.
N. V. “Tiger” Tyagarajan, president and CEO, Genpact Ltd. (NYSE: G)
Tyagarajan joined GE Capital in 1994 as head of risk in India and became CEO of GE Capital International Services five years later. Holding a degree in mechanical engineering, he joined Genpact in 2005 and was named president and CEO of the company in June 2011. Genpact (formerly GE Capital International Services) offers a broad portfolio of enterprise services, such as collections, financing and accounting, insurance, supply-chain management and IT services.
MODERATOR: Jeffrey T. Resnick, global managing director, innovation and strategy, ORC International Inc.
Resnick is a member of the U.S. and worldwide management teams for ORC International, a global market research firm. He is responsible for developing growth strategies through innovation and partnerships including social media and neuromarketing research services. ORC International counsels clients on issues dealing with customer strategies, business planning, product development and employees and has conducted the annual NYSE Euronext CEO Report since 2006. The 2011 survey, published in NYSE magazine’s fourth-quarter issue, generated responses from 317 CEOs of NYSE Euronext-listed companies based in 27 countries, as well as from 119 CEOs of private companies and 205 MBA students.
