The Exchange Council of Eurex Deutschland yesterday reelected its chairman and vice chairman for a period of 3 years. Gustav Gass, CEO of Gass Capital Markets GmbH, was again appointed as chairman and Lars Hille, board member of DZ Bank AG, will continue to be vice chairman.
Lutz Johanning, professor at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, and David Alan Martin, of J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., have been elected to serve as investor representatives on the council.
The Exchange Council consists of 18 members and was elected on November 25, 2010. Eurex’s approximately 410 trading members were eligible to vote.
The Exchange Council is the highest controlling and supervisory body of an exchange. Its main responsibilities are the supervision of the exchange’s executive board as well as the enactment of exchange rules.