FIA appoints new board chair, vice chair and new board members to its board

FIA today announced that Nicholas Rustad of J.P. Morgan Securities and Alicia Crighton of Goldman Sachs have been elected as Chair and Vice Chair of the FIA Board of Directors. FIA is the leading global trade organization for the futures, options and derivatives markets.

Nicholas Rustad had been serving as the Board's Vice Chair and served as interim Chair following the retirement of Citi's Jerome Kemp earlier this year. He is currently serving as Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase. Crighton has served on the Board of Directors since 2018 and has been active in the Board's diversity initiative. She is currently working as Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.

In addition, the board of directors elected Christopher Perkins and Gary Saunders to FIA's governing board. Christopher Perkins is currently serving as Global Co-Head of Futures, Clearing and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage at Citi. Gary Saunders is currently serving as Managing Director at Barclays.

"I want to thank Nick and Alicia for assuming new leadership roles with FIA and welcome Chris and Gary as new board members. FIA's leadership remains strong as we look to advance the interests of our members during these challenging times," said FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken.