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INTERNATIONAL SWAPS AND DERIVATIVES ASSOCIATION, INC.

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release, Thursday, April 19, 2007

For More Information, Please Contact:

Scott Marra, ISDA Press Office, New York, 212-901-6013, smarra@isda.org

 

ISDA ELECTS 13 BOARD MEMBERS

 

BOSTON, THURSDAY, April 19, 2007 – At its 22nd Annual General Meeting in Boston today, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) elected thirteen directors, eleven of whom currently serve on the Association’s Board.

 

The newly elected directors are:

 

·        David Carlson, Senior Managing Director, Global Credit Derivative Structuring and Marketing, Bear Stearns

·        Sotaro Kato, Head of Macro-Risk Derivatives, Financial Products Department, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

 

The re-elected directors are:

 

·        Kaushik Amin, Secretary, Global Head of Interest Rate Products, Lehman Brothers Inc.

·        Michael Bass, Global Head, Rates and FX, Standard Chartered Bank

·        James de Castro, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

·        Thibaut de Roux, Global Head of Structured Rate Products and Head of Interest Rate Options for Europe & Americas, HSBS Bank Plc

·        Benoit de Vitry, Global Head of Commodities and Emerging Market Rates, Barclays Capital

·        Giovanni Gorno Tempini, Group Finance, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

·        Frederic Janbon, Global Head of Fixed Income, BNP Paribas

·        Robert Lawson, Global Business Leader, Finance & Energy Risk Management, BP Plc

·        Eric Litvack, Managing Director, Global coo Volatility Trading, Societe Generale

·        Eraj Shirvani, Managing Director, Head of European and Pacific Credit Sales and Trading, Credit Suisse

·        David Warren, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

 

The directors continuing on the Board are:

        

·        Jonathan Moulds, President Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia, Bank of America

·        Douglas Bongartz-Renaud, Principal Advisor, Market Risk Global Risk Management, Risk Advisory Services, ABN Amro Bank N.V.

·        Michele Faissola, Managing Director and Global Head of Rates, Global Markets Division, Deutsche Bank

·        Diane Genova, Managing Director & Co-General Counsel Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company

·        Grant Lovett, Managing Director, Co-Head of US Investment Grade Credit Sales & Trading, UBS Investment Bank

·        Riccardo Rebonato, Global Head of CBFM Market Risk and Head of Quantitative Research & Quantitative Sales, Royal Bank of Scotland

·       Thomas Riggs, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

·        Hideyuki Sago, General Manager, Structured Products Division, Global Markets Business Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd

 

About ISDA

ISDA, which represents participants in the privately negotiated derivatives industry, is among the world’s largest global financial trade associations as measured by number of member firms. ISDA was chartered in 1985, and today has approximately 780 member institutions from 54 countries on six continents. These members include most of the world's major institutions that deal in privately negotiated derivatives, as well as many of the businesses, governmental entities and other end users that rely on over-the-counter derivatives to manage efficiently the financial market risks inherent in their core economic activities. Information about ISDA and its activities is available on the Association's web site: www.isda.org.

 

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