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Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Ascher is the Chief Strategy
Officer and head of the Corporate Initiatives Division of ISE.
In this role he is responsible for identifying, analyzing and instituting businesses that
may provide ISE with growth opportunities. The
Corporate Initiatives Division manages ISE’s new business
development, including strategic
planning.
Prior to joining ISE, Mr. Ascher served
as Chief Executive Officer of NQLX, Nasdaq Liffe Markets LLC. Before NQLX, Mr.
Ascher was an Executive Vice President of Interactive
Brokers LLC, part of the Interactive Brokers Group LLC. He also
has worked as an options market maker at the Chicago Board Options
Exchange, where he served as Vice Chairman of the Board, and
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
He is a graduate of Carleton College. |