J. Randy MacDonald was named chief financial officer at MF Global. Previously he was COO at TD Ameritrade.
Former CBOT president and CEO Bernard W. Dan was nominated to the board of directors at Penson Worldwide. He is currently special advisor for CME Group .
Benjamin Londergan, CEO of Group One Trading, and Jonathan Werts, managing director of Merrill Lynch, were appointed to the board at Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Gail Osten was named director of corporate communications at CBOE.
Jill A. Harley was named managing director and chief accounting officer at CME Group. Previously she was chief accounting officer for the CBOT.
Henry C. Lyons is now CFO at GAIN Capital Holdings. Previously he was CFO at ACI Worldwide.
Dr. Ranjan Bhaduri is now managing director of research at AlphaMetrix Alternative Investment Advisors.
Kenneth M. Ford, managing director of Credit Suisse, was elected chairman of the Futures Industry Association. Ira Polk, chief administrative officer at MF Global, was elected vice chairman and Chris Hehmeyer, CEO of Penson GHCO, was elected secretary and treasurer.
Frank J. Jones reassumed the role of vice chairman of International Securities Exchange after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged former vice chairman John F. Marshall with insider trading.
Michael Bailey was promoted to head of FX Europe at Newedge.
Mark van Vugt has been promoted to managing director, continental Europe at Realtime Systems Group.
