SIFMA’s Board of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers 2020

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November 18, 2019

Washington, D.C., November 18, 2019 – The Board of Directors of SIFMA announced it has elected the following principal officers to leadership positions on the Board for 2020:

Chair:

Joseph E. Sweeney, President- Advice & Wealth Management, Products and Service Delivery, Ameriprise Financial

Chair Emeritus:

James Allen, Vice Chairman, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

Treasurer:

James Wallin, Senior Vice President, AllianceBernstein

SIFMA is also pleased to welcome the new members of its Board of Directors:

Laura Peters Chepucavage, Managing Director, Head of Global Short Rates Sales and Trading, BofA Securities

Spyro Karetsos, Chief Risk Officer, TD Ameritrade

Michael E. Kisber, President, FHN Financial

Deb Schoneman, President, Piper Sandler

Kashif Zafar, Head of the Global Markets Division, Americas, Credit Agricole CIB

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SIFMA is the leading trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers operating in the U.S. and global capital markets. On behalf of our industry’s nearly 1 million employees, we advocate for legislation, regulation and business policy, affecting retail and institutional investors, equity and fixed income markets and related products and services. We serve as an industry coordinating body to promote fair and orderly markets, informed regulatory compliance, and efficient market operations and resiliency. We also provide a forum for industry policy and professional development. SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA). For more information, visit http://www.sifma.org.

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