CME Group Appoints Nelson Low as Director, Commodity Products, Asia
CHICAGO, April 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the appointment of Nelson Low as Director, Commodity Products, Asia. In this newly-created position, Low will be responsible for growing CME Group's commodities business, including leading sales, marketing and education efforts throughout Asia. He will be based in Singapore and will report to Robert Ray, Managing Director, Commodities, Equities and International Sales.
Low, 36, who has over 12 years of experience in the global commodities market, joins CME Group from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) where he served as Vice President, Product and Business Development. In this role, Low was responsible for leading the product development, marketing and education efforts for the exchange's commodity derivatives products. Prior to joining SGX, Low served as Regional Sales Manager, Trade, Asia-Pacific for Avebe U.A. where he managed the firm's physical trading operations across the region. He has also worked as a trader for Andre & CIE S.A.
Low holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com) is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME."
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