CME has appointed Jeffrey P. Kilinski as director of Interest Rate Products. Kilinski, who has more than 15 years of financial services experience specializing in interest rate futures and options positions for Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan Futures, Inc., will work with the CME Interest Rate Products Team and report to Robin Ross, managing director, CME Interest Rate Products.
“Jeff possesses a great breadth and depth of experience in fixed income and interest rate markets, and his extensive knowledge of our client base will be a great asset to us as we work to grow our market share of interest rate options products traded on CME(R) Globex(R),” said CME CEO Craig Donohue. “With strong overall growth in options and strong electronic markets, CME has a solid base further to expand its electronic options markets and remain the world’s largest exchange-traded interest rate options market.”
Kilinski, 46, previously served as a vice president for Lehman Brothers Inc. where he was responsible for sales of futures, derivatives, treasuries, agencies and other fixed income products. He specialized in interest rate futures and options on futures sales at Lehman Brothers and at J.P. Morgan Futures Inc. where he served as a vice president from 1993 to 2002. Kilinski also worked as an asset manager for Jones Lang Wootton Realty Advisors in New York City, where he managed a $250 million real estate portfolio, and for Homart Development Company in Chicago. He is a Series 7, Series 3 and Series 63 registered representative.
Kilinski also served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. During his military service, he managed acquisition and production programs. He earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA degree in finance and policy from the University of Chicago.