Board of directors

Gilbert Lichter

Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer

Gilbert Lichter is an Outside (Independent) Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG.

Mr. Lichter served as the Chief Executive Officer of EBA Clearing, which is the Operator of two SIPS – EURO1, the private-sector owned large-value payments system, and STEP2, the pan-European ACH for SEPA payments until his resignation in April 2015. In addition, Mr. Lichter is the Secretary General of the Euro Banking Association (EBA), an organization which he has been involved with for over twenty years. EBA was founded in order to manage the ECU Clearing System in partnership with the Bank for International Settlements. As it developed, EBA has provided payment systems for the euro and served as a forum for pan-European payments industry issues. Mr. Lichter also served on the Managing Board of CEDEL S.A. from 1989 through 1992. He began his professional career in 1978 with Banque Internationale à Luxembourg. He received a degree in business administration from the University of Saarbrϋcken, Germany.

Kenneth Harvey

Chairman of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and CLS Bank International

Kenneth Harvey was elected as Chairman of the Boards of CLS Group Holdings AG and CLS Bank International in October 2014; he has served as an Outside (Independent) Director of CLS Group since December 2011.

Kenneth Harvey was elected as Chairman of the Boards of CLS Group Holdings AG and CLS Bank International in October 2014; he has served as an Outside (Independent) Director of CLS Group since December 2011.

Prior to joining the Board of CLS Group, Mr. Harvey was Group Managing Director for HSBC Holdings in which capacity he was responsible for all operations and technology, comprising over 100,000 professionals in nine operating companies and five technology companies. HSBC owns and operates one of the largest shared services organizations in the financial services industry.

Mr. Harvey was the primary architect of the operation. Mr. Harvey currently serves on the board of Amber Road, a leader in Global Trade Management solutions, which in 2014 successfully transitioned from a private company to a publicly traded corporation. He also serves as vice chairman of the board of InsPro, a market leader in software for the Health, A&H, Life and Annuity segment of the insurance industry, and as a member of the Senior Advisory Board of Oliver Wyman, a leading global consulting firm. Previous board service includes Kanbay Inc. and Vertical Networks.

Mr. Harvey holds a Bachelor of Science degree from DePaul University and is a graduate of Northwestern University National Trust School.

Ericka Leslie

Deputy Chairman of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and CLS Bank International

Global Head of Securities Division Operations - Goldman Sachs

Ms. Leslie, located in New York, joined Goldman Sachs in 1996, during which time she has held several roles in Finance, Risk Management and Operations. Ms. Leslie is currently Global Head of Securities Division Operations. Prior to this role, she was Global Head of Derivative Operations where she was responsible for implementing operational strategy and maintaining regulatory compliance across Goldman’s securities businesses for all asset classes. Ms. Leslie was also previously lead architect of the risk management framework deployed in Goldman’s Operations Division. Before joining Operations, Ms. Leslie had responsibility for the technology supporting Goldman’s FX trading, sales and e-dealing activities. Ms. Leslie received her undergraduate degree in Accounting, in 1993 from the State University of New York – Albany, and is also a New York State Certified Public Accountant. Previous board service has included DTCC Deriv/Serv, providing infrastructure solutions to the global derivatives market, on which Ms. Leslie served as a member of the DTCC Deriv/Serv Audit and Nominations Committees.

Thomas Berkery

Former Global Engagement Leader and Audit Signing Partner - PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Thomas Berkery is an Outside (independent) Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International. Mr. Berkery served as the Global Engagement Leader and Audit Signing Partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers where he was in charge of providing financial advice and managing the firm’s relationship with large, multinational clients. Previously, he was the Managing Partner responsible for the firm’s Assurance and Business Advisory practice in the New York Metropolitan region. Mr. Berkery was also Chief Operating Officer for Global Markets and Investment Banking at Bank of America with responsibility for strategic and financial planning, equity and debt research, operations and financial control, investments/acquisitions and infrastructure support from 2004 through 2007.

Former Global Engagement Leader and Audit Signing Partner - PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Vidya Bittianda

General Manager for Risk Analytics & Insights

Ms. Bittianda is the General Manager for Risk Analytics & Insights for Westpac Banking Corporation, responsible for Market and Liquidity Risk management, Credit Modelling, Model Risk Management and Risk Data Quality. Previously, she held several roles at ANZ Banking Group Limited, most recently Group General Manager for Risk Metrics and Chief Risk Officer, Europe and EMEA.

Ms. Bittianda is the General Manager for Risk Analytics & Insights for Westpac Banking Corporation, responsible for Market and Liquidity Risk management, Credit Modelling, Model Risk Management and Risk Data Quality. Previously, she held several roles at ANZ Banking Group Limited, most recently Group General Manager for Risk Metrics and Chief Risk Officer, Europe and EMEA.

Vincent Bonamy

Managing Director, Head of Global Intermediary Services GFX – HSBC Global Markets

Vincent Bonamy is currently Managing Director, Head of Global Intermediary Services GFX – HSBC Global Markets based in London. In his role, Mr. Bonamy is responsible for the creation and development of GFX Services in the FX market.

Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Bonamy spent over 20 years with Societe Generale, during which time he was exposed to a number of business functions.  He spent seven years as an auditor of Societe Generale’s fixed income sales and trading and capital market activity.  In 2001, he was made Managing Director and Head of the Front Office of Newedge Americas, during which time he managed a prime brokerage and FX execution function consisting of 200 brokers.  In 2007, Mr. Bonamy promoted to Head of FIC Americas (Rate, EM, TX and Credit) and Trading and Sales, managing over 100 traders and support staff in rate trading and sales (swaps, swaptions, UST and Agencies).  During this period, Mr. Bonamy served as the primary contact for this business with the US Federal Reserve Bank.

Mr. Bonamy holds a Business Degree from ESSEC as well as a Masters in both Economics and Law from the University of Paris. 

Gerard Brady

Global Chief Information Security Officer – Morgan Stanley

Gerard Brady is the Global Chief Information Security Officer for Morgan Stanley (the “Firm”).

He serves on the Fraud Risk Operating Committee (FROC), the Cybersecurity and Information Security Governance Committee (CIGC), Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Online Security & Risk Steering Committee, and the Technology and Operations Committees for Morgan Stanley Private Bank, North America, and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. In addition, he chairs the Firm’s Cybersecurity and Information Security Working Group (CIWG).  Mr. Brady reports to the Firm’s Chief Information Officer of Technology & Information Risk, Matthew Chung.

Mr. Brady joined the Firm in 2005, serving as the Firm’s Global Head of IT Security prior to assuming his current role as Global Chief Information Security Officer in 2012.  Before joining the Firm, he served as the Head of Enterprise Security Software and Head of Emerging Technologies for Internet Security Systems and as the Chief Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer for Guardent (A Verisign acquisition).  Earlier in his career, Mr. Brady held officer-level positions in Information Security, Cybersecurity, and Technology at such companies as Prudential, JP Morgan, and Bankers Trust.

Mr. Brady has external roles including serving on the Board of Directors of the Financial Systemic Analysis & Resilience Center (FSARC). He is a frequent speaker on the topic of cybersecurity in industry, client, and internal forums. Mr. Brady is responsible for the Firm’s relationship with the US Government as it relates to cybersecurity.

Jennifer Buonopane

Senior Managing Director Head of Derivatives and Bank Loans - State Street Corporation

Jennifer Buonopane is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Ms. Buonopane, located in Boston, MA, is currently Senior Managing Director, Head of Derivatives and Bank Loans in the Global Process Delivery organization at State Street Corporation. Prior to this role, she was Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of State Street Global Markets where she was directly accountable for operating performance and leadership of more than 350 employees as well as operations, onboarding, middle office and project management infrastructure for SSGM, world-wide. She joined State Street in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Investors Financial Services. Since joining State Street, she has taken on positions of increasing responsibility within Global Markets, including leadership of its global transformation program. Prior to her tenure with State Street, Ms. Buonopane spent 10 years at Fleet Boston Financial. Ms. Buonopane received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Wagner College, Staten Island, NY.

David Gary

Managing Director - Head of FX Trading North America – Deutsche Bank

David Gary is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Gary is currently the Head of FX Trading North America for Deutsche Bank’s Foreign Exchange business. He joined the Bank in 2007. Prior to his current role, Mr. Gary has held several senior trading and risk management roles including Head of FX Derivatives Trading for North America at Deutsche Bank and Co-Head of U.S. Fixed Income Derivatives Trading at Bankers Trust. Mr. Gary served as Co-Chair of Deutsche Bank’s FX Settlement Governance Forum and played a leading role in addressing the Supervisory Guidance for Managing Risks Associated with the Settlement of Foreign Exchange Transactions published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in February 2013. Mr. Gary graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 with a BS degree in Economics from the Wharton School with a major in Finance and a BA degree in Economics.

Peter Healey

Managing Director and Global COO – FX, Rates and Credit - UBS

Peter Healey is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Originally based in London and currently located in Switzerland, Mr. Healey has been with UBS since 1994, during which time he has held several positions of increasing responsibility within the FX, Rates and Credit business. Mr. Healey has held his current position, Chief Operating Officer, FRC since 2007, and in this role, his responsibilities span multiple aspects of business planning, strategy formation and implementation, front-to-back processes across all logistics and control functions, oversight of strategic change (including responding to regulatory changes) and the management of operational risk/audit and other operational issues. Mr. Healey has oversight responsibility for several significant front to back change and remediation programs and is frequently leading and participating in business / operating model discussions, technical design, vendor selection and management, program resourcing and delivery. Mr. Healey also serves as the UBS vendor relationship manager for Thomson Reuters, and in this role, serves as commercial lead on the team negotiating all major contracts between UBS and Thomson Reuters. Mr. Healey has qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and HND in Medical Laboratory Sciences. He is also a former member of the Board of ISDA (2010-2014).

Sheryl Kennedy

Chief Executive Officer

Until December of 2018, Ms. Kennedy was Chief Executive Officer of Promontory Financial Group Canada, an affiliate of the global consulting firm providing strategy, risk management and regulatory compliance advisory and managed services. From 1994-2008, Ms. Kennedy was Deputy Governor for the Bank of Canada. Currently, she is a non-executive Chair of Promontory Canada and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Public Accountability Board, the regulator of auditing of publicly traded companies in Canada.

Until December of 2018, Ms. Kennedy was Chief Executive Officer of Promontory Financial Group Canada, an affiliate of the global consulting firm providing strategy, risk management and regulatory compliance advisory and managed services. From 1994-2008, Ms. Kennedy was Deputy Governor for the Bank of Canada. Currently, she is a non-executive Chair of Promontory Canada and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Public Accountability Board, the regulator of auditing of publicly traded companies in Canada.

Dominique Le Masson

Senior Coordinator for European Market Infrastructures – BNP Paribas Group

Dominique Le Masson is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Ms. Le Masson is currently the Senior Coordinator for European Market Infrastructures at BNP Paribas Group based in Paris. Ms. Le Masson is a member of a major infrastructure advisory group at National Central Bank and European Central Bank level in addition to major CCPs where she represents the BNP Paribas Group as a whole. She is also strongly involved in clearing evolution, especially for fixed income, repurchase agreements, over-the-counter FX and swaps in Europe, Asia Pacific and the US. Before assuming the Senior Coordinator role in March 2017, Ms. Le Masson held several other roles including Head of Central Treasury at ALM Treasury and was a member of the Comex of BNP Paribas Group ALMT. Ms. Le Masson has spent most of her career with the Bank and since 1983 has held various roles related to financial markets, including as an FX Swap Trader, before joining the ALM Treasury as a USD treasurer and then becoming Deputy Head of Central Treasury. Ms. Le Masson graduated in 1981 from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris(ESCP).

Bruce Nolop

Former Chief Financial Officer - E*TRADE Financial Corporation

Bruce Nolop is an Outside (Independent) Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Until his retirement in 2011, Mr. Nolop served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of E*TRADE Financial Corporation. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Nolop was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pitney Bowes Inc. and from 1993 to 2000, was a Managing Director of Wasserstein Perella & Co. Previously he held positions with Goldman Sachs, Kimberly-Clark and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Nolop is currently a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., TEGNA Inc., and On Deck Capital, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of South Dakota and subsequently earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.

Bryan Osmar

Former Managing Director and Head of Market Infrastructure – Royal Bank of Canada

Until his retirement in 2015, Mr. Osmar served as Managing Director and Head Market Infrastructure at Royal Bank of Canada based in Toronto for 30 years and New York for five years. Mr. Osmar was also responsible for implementing RBC Capital Markets regulatory reform initiatives in a range of regulatory areas and jurisdictions notably including the reforms in the Global OTC derivatives space. Mr. Osmar is a former Director of Currency Exchange International Corp and Exchange Bank of Canada. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1979 and subsequently earned a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Queens University in 1981.

William Stenning

Managing Director, Clearing, Regulatory & Strategic Affairs, Investment Bank Directorate – Societe Generale Global Banking and Investor Services

William Stenning is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Stenning is currently Managing Director, Clearing, Regulatory & Strategic Affairs within the Investment Bank Directorate at Societe Generale Global Banking and Investor Services. Mr. Stenning’s role includes close collaboration with senior line management across the firm, including the house FX business and the Prime Services franchise, on all regulatory, clearing and market infrastructure related matters. Mr. Stenning began his career in banking as a business manager for FX & Rates at Chase Manhattan, prior to spending nearly a decade working in market infrastructure at both SwapsWire and, subsequently, DTCC. Mr. Stenning graduated in 1991 with a degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Surrey and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for over 20 years. He currently serves as the Societe Generale delegate on a number of Industry Association advisory bodies including membership of the ISDA Clearing Risk and Capital Committee, ISDA Market Infrastructure & Technology Oversight Committee and the BBA Wholesale Policy Committee.

Edward Sterba

Senior Executive Partner

Mr. Sterba is the Senior Executive Partner in the Global Enterprise Account Division of Gartner Inc., an IT research and IT advisory company. He is responsible for providing advisory, coaching and consulting services to C-Suite clients with a focus on IT, digital strategy and modernization. Previously, Mr. Sterba held the role of Chief Information Officer of OneMain Financial, a Citigroup Company, and prior to that, he was Chief Technology Officer of HSBC.

Mr. Sterba is the Senior Executive Partner in the Global Enterprise Account Division of Gartner Inc., an IT research and IT advisory company. He is responsible for providing advisory, coaching and consulting services to C-Suite clients with a focus on IT, digital strategy and modernization. Previously, Mr. Sterba held the role of Chief Information Officer of OneMain Financial, a Citigroup Company, and prior to that, he was Chief Technology Officer of HSBC.

Fabrizio Tallei

Head of FX and International Money Market – Treasury – Intesa Sanpaolo Spa

Fabrizio Tallei is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Tallei is currently Head of FX and International Money Market at Intesa Sanpaolo Group Treasury in Milan, Italy. Mr. Tallei coordinates the activity in assets/liabilities denominated in foreign currencies assuring an effective management of the associated FX, liquidity and interest rate risks. Mr. Tallei advises the CFO on the evolution of the FX market and settlement systems and on the impact of new regulations at the Group level. Prior to assuming this role he covered different positions in the Treasury area, beginning as a trader of Italian Lira interest rate derivatives at Banca Commerciale Italiana. Mr. Tallei graduated in Business Administration from Universita’ Bocconi, Milan and completed a banking executive program at INSEAD, Paris. He is a member of Italian Assiom-Forex and former secretary of Euribor-ACI Derivatives Working Group. Mr. Tallei is currently the EBF/ABI delegate to the STEP Market Committee, the initiative managed by the European Money Market Institute promoting the Euro Short Term Paper market.

David Thomas

Chief Executive Officer – Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets Europe

David Thomas is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Thomas is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) Capital Markets Europe responsible for leading all aspects of the business in the region including strategy execution and effective governance. He joined RBC Capital Markets in 1992. Mr. Thomas is a member of the RBC Capital Markets Global Operating Committee and the European Executive Committee and chairs the European Operating Committee. Mr. Thomas also holds a number of UK board roles including Executive Director of RBC Europe Limited and Chairman of RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited. Mr. Thomas graduated in 1988 with a BSc (Hons) degree from Loughborough University in the UK. He is currently a member of the Corporate Partnerships Board for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Jason Vitale

Global Head of Foreign Exchange – Markets – Bank of New York Mellon

Jason Vitale is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Vitale is currently Global Head of Foreign Exchange – Markets at Bank of New York Mellon. Prior to this role, he was the Global Chief Operating Officer, Foreign Exchange & Head of Client Execution Services with Bank of New York – Mellon. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Mr. Vitale was Co-Head of Listed Derivatives & Markets Clearing EMEA for Deutsche Bank. During his 13 years at DB, Mr. Vitale held numerous Fixed Income leadership positions across listed derivatives (futures), Foreign Exchange & Fixed income financing. Prior to his tenure with Deutsche Bank, Mr. Vitale spent two years in New York with International Fund Services, a State Street Company. Mr. Vitale is a founding committee member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory Committee for Foreign Exchange Markets (FEM), appointed by CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen in 2014. Mr. Vitale completed his undergraduate work in Finance at the University of Arizona, and studied abroad at Cambridge University (UK).

Eddie Wen

Global Head of Digital Markets

Mr. Wen is J.P. Morgan’s Global Head of Digital Markets and a Managing Director of the firm’s Markets business. He is responsible for the delivery of digital services across all asset classes. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2006 as Global Head of eCommerce for Macro Businesses, Mr. Wen was responsible for Quantitative Algorithmic Trading Strategies in Foreign Exchange at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Wen is J.P. Morgan’s Global Head of Digital Markets and a Managing Director of the firm’s Markets business. He is responsible for the delivery of digital services across all asset classes. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2006 as Global Head of eCommerce for Macro Businesses, Mr. Wen was responsible for Quantitative Algorithmic Trading Strategies in Foreign Exchange at Goldman Sachs.

Ronnie Yam

Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Group Finance and Corporate Services - United Overseas Bank Limited’

Ronnie Yam is a Director of the Board of CLS Group Holdings AG and also serves on the Board of CLS Bank International.

Mr. Yam is currently Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Group Finance and Corporate Services at United Overseas Bank Limited based in Singapore. He joined the bank in 2000. Prior to assuming this role in April 2019, he was Regional Chief Financial Officer. He has also previously held the positions of Country CFO - UOB China and Country CFO – UOB Malaysia. Mr. Yam is a member of the UOB Group Operational Risk Management Committee and Data Management Working Committee. Mr. Yam is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has attended the Singapore Management University – UOB Executive Leadership Programme and the National University of Singapore – Chicago Booth Emerging CFO for Asia Programme.