Options Group CEO and leadership

Andrew Bernstein is a Certified Public Accountant and manages all of Options Group's finances globally. From 1999 to 2004, Andrew was the Controller of Jasper Energy LLC (formerly York Research Corporation, a publicly held energy company). From 1996 to 1999, he was Senior Vice President and Controller of Headway Corporate Resources, Inc. (parent of The Whitney Group), a publicly held full service provider of human resource management and staffing services. Prior to that, he was the Controller at an advertising agency for ten years. Andrew earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York Society of Certified Public Accountants and the National Society of Tax Professionals.

Ismail Daftani is a Global CTO at Options Group and is based in New, York. He has worked as Partner/Head:Technology at Options Group and Systems Administrator at Investec. Ismail attended New Jersey City University between 1994 and 1998.

Among the first in his industry to use Competitive Intelligence as a disruptive technology, Richard has helped the C suite of Major International firms create Strategic, Market and Competitive advantage. He focuses on how competitors' changing strategies impact the competitive landscape and helps formulate rapid responses to these initiatives and opportunities with an emphasis on talent. Richard has been instrumental in predicting the latest business models that competitors are employing, their record of success / failure and the anticipated impact on the competitive landscape. With more than 25 years of consulting and recruiting experience, Richard Stein is one of the industry's top consultants, having also recruited executives at the most-senior levels across the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Richard's expertise lies in the financial services industry, with a particular emphasis on areas such as wealth management, risk, equities, capital markets, consumer banking, technology and operations. Richard is often quoted in the press, including such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Deal, Derivatives Week and International Finance Review.