Anthony Attia

Mr Attia has nearly 30 years of experience in exchange and market infrastructure businesses. He demonstrated leadership capabilities early in his career, joining the French Stock Exchange (Societe des Bourses Francaises) in 1997, where he played a role in the creation of Euronext through the integration of multiple national exchanges into a unified European platform. Over the following years, he held a series of senior operational and strategic roles, including Executive Director and Head of Operations, leading market operations, client relationships and business development initiatives across several European financial centres. Following the merger of NYSE and Euronext in 2008, Mr Attia was appointed Senior Vice President with responsibility for the design and implementation of the Universal Trading Platform, a global integration initiative. From 2010 to 2013, he served in New York as Chief of Staff to the President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Euronext, supporting strategic alignment and organisational integration across transatlantic markets. In 2014, Mr Attia was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Paris, where he led a period of transformation and growth across primary markets, listings, post-trade and corporate services activities throughout the group. Most recently, as Global Head of Derivatives and Post Trade and a member of the Group Executive Committee at Euronext, he oversaw strategy, product development and the expansion of the group's clearing and derivatives capabilities across its pan-European markets. Throughout his career, Mr Attia has been an advocate for innovation and for strengthening European capital markets infrastructure. He has contributed to industry governance through board positions with exchanges, clearing houses and financial market associations. He served for eight years as a Board Director of LCH SA and was also a member of the Board of Euroclear Holding. He previously served as Vice President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges.