Weeden & Co. CEO and leadership

Lance F. Lonergan is the Chief Executive Officer of Weeden & Co. LP. Lance joined Weeden in 2007 after 15 years at Citigroup where he worked in various capacities — first as a salesman in the Institutional equity sales and trading group, and then as a Managing Director and Head of NASDAQ sales trading. In 2002, Lance was promoted to Head of U.S. sales and trading for all NYSE, NASDAQ, and international sales with responsibility for a team of over 150 people. At Weeden, Lance is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic direction, while managing all aspects of client relationships and risk management. Currently, Lance also serves on both Weeden & Co’s and Pragma Securities Board of Directors.

Michael Purves is a CEO at Tallbacken Capital Advisors, L.L.C. and Chief Global Strategist and Head of Derivatives Strategy at Weeden & Co and is based in New York, New York. He has worked as Partner - Hedge Fund at Hudson Fairfax Group; Chief Market Strategist and Head of Derivatives Research at BGC PARTNERS, INC.; and Equity Analyst - Hedge Fund at Compass. Michael attended The Wharton School between 1990 and 1992 and Columbia University between 1982 and 1986.

Sanjay Kumar is Weeden’s Chief Technology Officer, and a member of the Senior Management Committee. Sanjay is responsible for shaping Weeden & Co, LP’s technology strategy. Sanjay was most recently a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank where he was responsible for the overall leadership and management of technology for the Americas Cash Equities trading business and Global Execution Services. Prior to joining UBS, he was a Managing Director at Royal Bank of Canada where he was responsible for the management of the technology for the Global Multi-Asset Electronic trading businesses. Before that, he was First Vice President of Global Equities Portfolio & Electronic trading technology at Merrill Lynch & Co.