Mr. Durkin served as an advisor to our CEO from May 2020 through September 2021. Formerly, Mr. Durkin served as President of CME Group from 2016, overseeing the company's Technology, Global Operations, International and Data Services businesses. Mr. Durkin previously served as our Chief Commercial Officer since 2014 and as Chief Operating Officer since 2007. As part of his responsibilities, he led the global integrations following CME's merger with CBOT in 2007 and CME Group's acquisition of NYMEX in 2008. Before joining CME Group, Mr. Durkin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the CBOT. Prior to that role, he was in charge of CBOT's Office of Investigations and Audits. His career with both CME Group and CBOT has spanned more than 30 years. He previously served as a member of the COMEX Governors Committee and the CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee and Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee. Mr. Durkin serves on the Board of Advisors for Misericordia and on the Board of Trustees for Lewis University. Mr. Durkin serves on the board of CME Securities Clearing Inc. Mr. Durkin has been involved in our industry for more than 30 years. He served as CME Group s President, and Chief Regulatory Officer and Administrator of Investigations at CBOT, overseeing all aspects of market regulation and surveillance as well as regulatory functions. During his tenure at CBOT, he was the primary liaison to U.S. and foreign regulators. Mr. Durkin's responsibilities also included oversight of CBOT s outsourcing of clearing. In his career at CME Group, he oversaw our International, Planning and Execution, Data Services, Optimization Services, Cash Markets, Client Development & Research, Products & Services and Marketing functions. Through his oversight responsibility of our technology and trading operations, which functions are highly regulated by the CFTC and are subject to testing and system safeguards requirements, Mr. Durkin has gained experience with risk, compliance, monitoring and the reporting aspects of key control functions. Mr. Durkin also previously served as a member of the company's Crisis Management Team, which is the chief decision management body during a major disruption to our normal business operations. His career also included prior service on the boards of directors of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad and its clearing house, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad, in connection with one of our former strategic investments and commercial arrangements.