Head of Exchange Data Licensing, Morgan Stanley

John is a veteran of over 20 years in Market Data, with the majority of that time as an industry recognized subject matter expert for market data compliance & audit. He is well known for advising internal clients on the data usage rules & licensing requirements affecting operational processes and managing market data usage by internal systems and end-users across the bank; managing of both internal and third-party external market data audits from initiation to settlement; and has mentored industry peers and internal market data teams on the same. John was the first person to be awarded the FISD Data Licensing Specialist (DLS) accreditation.

John is currently an Executive Director within Global Market Data (GMD) at Morgan Stanley. Reporting to the Managing Director & Head of Global Market Data, he leads the global team responsible for Exchange Data Licensing and is the SPOC for all market data audits globally.

Prior to Morgan Stanley, John was at 3d Innovations (“3di”) for 6 years, leaving as the Director of Products & Services (#3 in the firm) as the senior manager responsible for the Product Development of 3di’s software offerings, as well as directing & facilitating all Consultancy engagements/projects and Managed Services operations globally. Before 3di, he was Global Head of Market Data Compliance & Audit for BNP Paribas for over 7 years with responsibility for market data compliance and managing all market data audits from initiation to settlement and was additionally responsible for 2 years for the global commercial market data relationship with the Exchanges, five inter-dealer brokers (BGC Partners, ICAP, TradeWeb, Tradition, and Tullett Prebon), and fixings & bank rate providers; this covered not just global markets but also retail banking too. Before BNP Paribas, he worked in a similar, lower-level capacity briefly at Commerzbank/Dresdner Kleinwort, and partially during his prior 11 years at Credit Suisse, having joined CSFB (Credit Suisse First Boston/CS First Boston) at the start of 1998 in IT.

John has served the market data industry on the Executive Committee of FISD and prior to that on the Executive Committee of IPUG (Information Providers User Group) in the UK, ultimately serving as the Chairman of IPUG from 2016-2017.