Board/Management Information • Jun 14, 2010
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Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, June 14, 2010 – NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that Luis Laginha de Sousa will become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Euronext Lisbon, effective July 1, 2010 and subject to regulatory approval. Luis Laginha de Sousa will succeed Miguel Athayde Marques, who has decided to resign his positions with NYSE Euronext to pursue other professional opportunities. Luis Laginha, who is currently Chief Operating Officer in Lisbon, will also become a member of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V. and the Management Committee of NYSE Euronext.
"Under Miguel's leadership, our Lisbon exchange has performed exceptionally well and provided outstanding service to issuers, investors and all market participants," said Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext. "Miguel has been instrumental in both growing and transforming our business, and my colleagues and I are truly grateful for his partnership and commitment to the organization and our goals."
"Miguel has made significant contributions to NYSE Euronext and the Lisbon market," said Dominique Cerutti, President and Deputy CEO, NYSE Euronext. "On behalf of our organization, I would like to thank Miguel for his valuable service and leadership, and wish him all the best for the future. I also welcome the appointment of Luis as Chairman and CEO of NYSE Euronext Lisbon and look forward to working with him."
Miguel Marques said, "Serving the Portuguese market and our customers for the past five years as head of our Lisbon exchange has been a great privilege, in addition to working with a great team of professionals and play a leadership role in the transformation of our company and the industry. We realized the globalization of our company through the first ever transcontinental merger of exchange companies, and NYSE Euronext is well positioned for the future. While for me this is the right time for a new challenge, it is reassuring that we have a fitting successor in Luis Laginha, who possesses the outstanding qualities both as a professional and as an individual to build on the success of NYSE Euronext and the Portuguese market."
Luis Laginha said: "It is a great honour to succeed Miguel Marques, whose example will continue to provide a valuable inspiration for the challenges ahead. I am confident that with the support of my colleagues, we will be capable not only of preserving, but also expanding the role of NYSE Euronext in the local Portuguese market for the benefit of our customers and all stakeholders."
Luis Laginha de Sousa (44) joined the company in 2005, as Chief Operating Officer of Euronext Lisbon. Apart from the responsibilities at local level, he is a member of the NYSE Euronext Leadership Team and he has also held Group responsibilities in the areas of Information Services/Market Data and Corporate News Distribution. Prior to Euronext, Luis Laginha served as Executive Member on the Board of Caixaweb SGPS, SA (a holding company, wholly owned by Caixa Geral de Depositos) and as Board Member of several CGD Group companies, in Portugal and Spain.
Luis Laginha also held managerial roles in other Portuguese and multinational companies and acted as Deputy Head of Internationalization at ICEP-Investimentos Comércio e Turismo de Portugal.
Luís Laginha has an MBA from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1995), where he graduated in Economics (1988). He is a lecturer at UCP School of Business and Economics, where he teaches the courses in International Business (MSc) and Strategic Alliances (Undergraduate).
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixedincome and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning NYSE Euronext's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on NYSE Euronext's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause NYSE Euronext's results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: NYSE Euronext's ability to implement its strategic initiatives, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk and U.S. and global competition, and other factors detailed in NYSE Euronext's reference document for 2009 ("document de référence") filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Filed on April 22, 2010 under No. D.10-0304), 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers. In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. Accordingly, actual results may be materially higher or lower than those projected. The inclusion of such projections herein should not be regarded as a representation by NYSE Euronext that the projections will prove to be correct. This press release speaks only as of this date. NYSE Euronext disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
New York: Rich Adamonis, +1.212.656.2140, [email protected] Lisbon: Paula Cordeiro, +351.21.790.00.25, [email protected]
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