Craig Messinger: Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) member of the board. He is CEO for Virtu Americas LLC. Craig is a 40-year veteran in the financial services industry and has held various senior management positions during that time. Currently, Craig is part of the executive management team and Vice Chairman at Virtu Financial, Inc. He serves, as the CEO for Virtu Americas LLC, one of Virtu’s FINRA registered broker-dealers.
Prior to joining Virtu, Mr. Messinger served as Executive Vice President and global head of trading and risk management at BNY Mellon and was a member of the bank’s Operating Committee and the Global Markets Executive Committee. He was selected for this position after leading the integration of various businesses within BNY Mellon including Pershing Trading Services which he led from 2005 to 2011. Further, during his time at BNY Mellon, he was the executive sponsor for driving electronic market making across all asset classes, providing algorithmic execution services and creating the prime brokerage business.
