Commissioner Johnson was sworn in as a CFTC Commissioner on March 30, 2022, after being nominated by President Joseph Biden in September 2021, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Commissioner Johnson is a nationally recognized expert on financial markets risk management law and policy with specialization in the regulation of complex financial products including the origination, distribution, and secondary market trading, clearing, and settlement of securities and derivatives. She is an internationally recognized expert on financial markets regulation and corporate governance, compliance, and risk management. Her recent work examines the implications of emerging innovative technologies including distributed digital ledger technologies that enable the creation of digital assets and intermediaries and artificial intelligence technologies that target commercial and consumer financial transactions, transfers, and assessments.  
 
In April of 2021, she testified at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions entitled Banking Innovation or Regulatory Evasion? Exploring Trends in Financial Institution Charters. The single-panel hearing discussed policy considerations with respect to banking charters and explored disintermediation in legacy financial markets such as banking and the provision of clearing and custody services. In July of 2019, she testified before the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Task Force on Financial Technology and the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence entitled Examining the Use of Alternative Data exploring the implications of integrating artificial intelligence in financial technology (fintech) platforms.  
 
Prior to joining the Commission, she held endowed professorships at Emory University and Tulane University Law Schools and visiting professorships at prestigious law schools around the nation. She taught courses in the regulation of securities and derivatives markets, financial institutions, including courses on fintech, the development of blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence, as well as corporations and ethical leadership. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute, an American Bar Foundation Fellow, and Chair of the Securities Regulation Section and the Executive Committee of the Business Associations and Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services Sections of the Association of American Law Schools.  
 
Prior to entering the academy, Commissioner Johnson served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel in the Treasury Services Division of one of the largest financial institutions in the world supporting private funds cash management services, a corporate associate at Simpson, Thacher, and Bartlett LLP’s New York and London offices where she represented issuers and underwriters in domestic and international debt and equity offerings, lenders and borrowers in banking and credit matters, and private equity firms and publicly-traded companies in mergers and acquisitions. Before attending law school, Commissioner Johnson served as an analyst in the Asset Management Division of a storied financial institution. She clerked for a federal judge who previously served on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 
  
Commissioner Johnson has a B.S. with honors from Georgetown University Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service and a J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School where she served as a senior editor on the Michigan Law Review and received the Clara Belfield and Henry Bates International Research Fellowship. 

Edward returned to NFA in March 2011, as Vice President of Market Regulation. He was promoted in 2021 to Senior Vice President. In this role Edward is responsible for developing and overseeing NFA's regulatory services program for swap execution facilities ("SEFs") and designated contract markets ("DCMs"). Prior to rejoining NFA, Edward was Manager of Market Regulation at Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE"). While at ICE, Edward developed the surveillance program for swaps that were deemed by the CFTC to serve a significant price discovery function. Edward also oversaw the daily compliance function for ICE's OTC exempt commercial market. Before joining ICE in 2009, Edward was Managing Director of Trade Practice/Market Surveillance and Special Investigations at NFA. Edward began his career at the Chicago Board of Trade in the Office of Investigations and Audits in 1996. Edward currently serves on the Market Risk Advisory Committee ("MRAC") of the CFTC. The MRAC advises the Commission on matters relating to evolving market structures and movement of risk across clearinghouses, exchanges, intermediaries, market makers and end-users. Edward has also participated on numerous industry panels including SEFCON, FIA Law & Compliance as well as being a member of the Subcommittee on High Frequency Trading of the Technology Advisory Committee. Edward received a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University as well as an MBA with specializations in Finance, Derivatives and Information Systems from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago. Edward has passed the Series 3,6 and 7 exams. He is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Jamie joined the FSA/FCA in October 2007 following 10 years as an industry lobbyist.  At the FCA, he has held a number of roles across consumer affairs, supervision, risk and markets, holding senior leadership roles in Retail Banking Supervision, Risk & Compliance Oversight and Market Oversight. He was deputy accountable executive for MiFID II implementation in the UK and accountable executive for the project onshoring the MiFID regime in the UK in preparation for Brexit.  He is currently Head of Secondary Market Oversight, responsible for discharging the FCA’s duties under MiFID and MAR in secondary markets.  

Robert is currently Global Head of Front Office Conduct Surveillance at BNP Paribas. Prior to this he spent 17 years running a wide range of markets trading, sales and syndicate businesses, covering fixed income FX and equity cash, derivative and structured products for JP Morgan, Barclays Capital and Mitsubishi UFJ. During this time Robert worked in London, New York, Frankfurt and Tokyo, before a 5 year spell at CME running their European interest rate product business. 

Chris has over 25 years banking experience across 3 continents focusing primarily on project implementation across the Markets and Controls area.  Chris began his Investment Banking career in Operational Risk before running the Commodities Middle Office, including managing the expansion into Asia where he was located for 4 years.  Chris also led the implementation of Front Office Supervision programs across the Corporate and Investment Bank, the Firmwide LIBOR Transition Program and is currently the Head of Markets Control for the Commercial & Investment Bank at JPMorgan. Chris holds an honours degree in Economics from Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. 

Steve Clark is Global Head of ISG and MSIM Trade Surveillance, responsible for leading Morgan Stanley’s trade surveillance programs for the Firm’s institutional securities and investment management businesses. In addition to his trade surveillance responsibilities, Steve is Morgan Stanley’s EMEA Compliance lead for communications surveillance and regulatory enquiries.  

Steve joined Morgan Stanley in 2008 and has held a number of roles in Compliance, including co-heading EMEA Control Group and Compliance coverage for EMEA investment and merchant banking.  Prior to Morgan Stanley Steve worked at the UK Financial Services Authority.  Steve holds a BA in Economics and the CISI Diploma. 

Jeffrey Thurgood is Head of Surveillance Optimisation for the first line, Business Control function at Bank of America in London. Jeffrey is responsible for the effective delivery of both market misconduct and unauthorised trading programmes for the Global Markets business. Additionally, Jeffrey is the investigations lead and joint chair of the 1LOD Trade Surveillance Investigation Forum. Jeffrey joined Bank of America in 2023, prior to joining, Jeffrey was the EMEA lead for commodities surveillance at both Standard Chartered and Macquarie; and the deputy Head of Surveillance at the London Metals Exchange.

Scott began his professional journey trading Precious Metals and FX Options in London and Hong Kong. Following the financial crisis he took a sabbatical to study the risk-taking psychology of traders. This has led to a range of surveillance roles addressing the risks of Market Abuse, Money Laundering, and Unauthorised Trading, latterly with a particular focus on Model and Data governance.

Charlie Thornton is the Founder and President of T Cap Solutions, a full-service government affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. T Cap Solutions helps clients navigate Congress, Federal Departments, Regulatory agencies, and the Administration, and the variety of challenges and opportunities they each provide.

Prior to starting T Cap Solutions, he served as Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Counselor to CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert. As COS and COO, he was Tarbert’s lead advisor on legal, policy, and administrative matters and was responsible for managing the daily operations of the agency, overseeing 
approximately 1,000 staff and contractors located in four offices across the country.

As Counselor to the Chairman, Mr. Thornton was responsible for assisting and advising Chairman Heath Tarbert on developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining strategic initiatives of the CFTC.

Prior to joining Chairman Tarbert’s office in 2019, he served as the Director of the CFTC’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA) under Chairman Chris Giancarlo, where he was the agency’s lead liaison with Members of Congress, key Executive Branch 
Agencies, and the Administration. 

He joined the CFTC in 2017 from the United States Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, where he served as Senior Professional Staff and Counsel. While at the Committee, Mr. Thornton was responsible for executing the objectives of Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and the Committee’s jurisdiction over the derivatives markets, as well as the Committee’s role in overseeing the CFTC and its policies.

John is a Director specialising in market abuse and surveillance. He joined PwC from industry in 2024 as an experienced hire having work for over 20+ years in the financial services sector working in various roles focused on Market Abuse Surveillance and Market Risk Management.

John’s industry roles include Global Lead of Surveillance Analytics, Insights and Models, and Head of Monitoring and Surveillance EMEA at a global investment bank. In these roles he was responsible for the set-up and management of a global surveillance data science function and establishing and maintaining a risk-based monitoring and surveillance programme for the EMEA region that meets regulatory requirements. He has a deep understanding of Surveillance operating models, market abuse risk assessments, alert management and the design, optimisation and operation of market abuse detection models.

Mike graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with a degree in Engineering. He then joined the city, initially working for a year at Merrill Lynch, designing and building trading systems for the growing credit derivative business. In 2004, Michael moved to the front office where he traded credit derivatives, firstly at Merrill Lynch and subsequently at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank. At Commerzbank, he ran the exotic credit derivatives desk. Michael left the banking industry in 2010 to set up a consultancy company that advised on what was, at the time, the largest credit derivatives unwind in the city. Since 2012, Michael has been the CTO at TradingHub, where he is responsible for the engineering platform, analytics and product delivery. 

Neil is the Executive Chair of TradingHub. As the co-founder and former CEO of TradingHub from 2010 to 2024, Neil played a pivotal role in building the company into a global leader. Neil has 18 years of banking experience from initially trading interest rate derivatives at Chase Manhattan Bank to setting up the exotic interest rate derivatives business at Bear Stearns in London before moving to Merrill Lynch and running the global structured credit derivatives business and then ultimately running the Global Credit Trading department at Dresdner Bank. Neil’s experience extends to designing and implementing trading systems, working with middle and back-office personnel and assisting in the design of the ISDA credit derivatives documentation. Whilst building TradingHub over the last fourteen years, Neil spent five years serving on the Boards and Risk Committees of LCH.

Shayne Ganeson is Chief Customer Officer at TradingHub, where he is responsible for the firm’s global customer base and has oversight of its Regulatory Affairs and Marketing departments. As a member of the Management Committee, he plays a key role in shaping the company’s overall strategy and external engagement.

Shayne joined TradingHub in 2020, initially spearheading the growth of its North American business. Before this, he held positions at global investment banks in London, including Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, advising institutional clients on cross-asset trading strategies with a focus on fixed income markets.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Finance and Investment Banking from the University of Reading and is a CFA Charterholder.

Andrew is a surveillance/compliance subject matter expert with over ten years of experience working for major financial institutions and financial regulators. Prior to joining TradingHub as Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Andrew was the Global Head of fixed income and FX surveillance for UBS. In his time at UBS, he was very involved in the implementation of MAST and the management of the MAST user team. Before joining UBS, Andrew worked for FINRA in New York as an analyst and on-site examiner. After completing his undergraduate degree, he attended law school to complete a Juris Doctorate and is a registered attorney in NY state.   

Selina is a Senior Relationship Manager at TradingHub, working with asset manager and bank clients in the UK and US. Prior to TradingHub, Selina was Sales Director for the Regulatory and Compliance group at S&P Global in London, providing counterparty management software to Asset Managers and Hedge Funds in Europe. Selina joined S&P after spending 10 years selling a leading global alpha capture platform with TIM Group, having split her time between Toronto and London. Selina graduated with Honors from the University of Toronto with a double major in Biomedical Ethics and Sociology. 

Ed is Head of TradingHub’s Professional Services team and joined TradingHub in 2019. For almost 20 years, Ed held various roles in fixed income and credit trading at Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Commerzbank. Before joining TradingHub, Ed was responsible for the trading, portfolio strategy and quant teams in Commerzbank’s Credit Portfolio Management division. Ed holds a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University. 

Katie is a Senior Relationship Manager, responsible for managing the immediate and longer-term strategic needs of a variety of our buy-side and sell-side customers. 

Prior to this, Katie was Product Manager of AMLA, our financial markets transaction monitoring AML tool, where she contributed towards product requirements, design, and testing, and with responsibility for product roadmap definition, product release and change control frameworks, and product proposition, sales, and training.  

Before joining TradingHub, Katie worked as a financial consultant and spent some time in Goldman Sachs Asset Management middle office providing operational oversight of institutional client accounts.

Tobi is TradingHub's Head of Product, responsible for our offering's vision and strategy. 

Prior to joining in January 2022, he spent his career at Dresdner and then Commerzbank. 

Having started out with a German banking apprenticeship, whilst studying International Management at the same time, Tobi worked in Structured Settlements and the Structured Credit Middle Office, before joining the Structured Credit Trading desk in 2010. There he was part of a team responsible for various portfolios and trading activities, including the hedging of the bank's correlation book and building up an ABS/CLO investment book. 

At the end of 2016, Tobi moved across to the Risk department, where he led a global team, ultimately as Head of Market Risk for Credit and Equity Products, until joining TradingHub.