Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has over 30 years of experience in the securities industry. Mr. Joyce has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since December 2004 and has served as a Director since October 2002. He has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2002. From December 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Joyce was the Global Head of Trading at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Joyce held a variety of leadership roles in the Global Institutional Equity business during his 15 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., where his last position was Head of Global Equity eCommerce from 1999 through 2001. Mr. Joyce is a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and a former member of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq. In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics of Connecticut and Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation. He also joined the Ronald McDonald House New York Board of Directors in October 2010. Mr. Joyce received a bachelor of arts in economics from Harvard College.

Alan Lhota, Senior Managing Director, is responsible for managing and expanding Knight's institutional fixed income presence as Co-Head of the business.

Previously, Mr. Lhota was Head of U.S. High Yield, Distressed and Bank Loan Sales for Knight. He joined Knight's fixed income business (formerly Knight Libertas) in June 2009 from RBS Greenwich Capital Markets where he led the High Yield team. Prior to that, Al worked at UBS in High Yield sales in the U.S. and U.K.

Following an earlier period at UBS in high yield sales, he was a founding partner of Libra Investments, later sold to US Bancorp. He began his career at Scotiabank in sales of Investment Grade and High Yield bonds. Al attended Worcester Polytechnic University.

Robert K. Lyons, Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Institutional Fixed Income, is responsible for managing and growing the business.

Mr. Lyons, who joined Knight in 2010, is a former Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch where he spent more than 20 years. Previously at Merrill, he served as Global Head of Capital Markets and before that was Head of the Americas Capital Markets. Bob began his career at Bankers Trust.

Bob has a bachelor of arts in economics from Hamilton College and a master of business administration from the University of Chicago.

Albert Maasland, Senior Managing Director, Head of International, is responsible for overseeing European and Asian operations.

Mr. Maasland joined Knight in May 2012 from Saxo Capital Markets where he served as Chairman of U.K. and South Africa with responsibility for strategic growth initiatives in the U.K., Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Canada. Prior to that, he was Global Head of Business Development for Standard Chartered Bank where he led the strategy for expanding the bank's footprint through e-commerce across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Maasland has more than 25 years' experience in the global capital markets including earlier positions at Cognotec, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Chase Manhattan Bank. In addition, he serves on the Board of Governors at the Universal Business School of Mumbai, India.

Mr. Maasland has a bachelor of arts in commerce and economics from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.

Joe Mazzella, Senior Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equities, is responsible for leading Knight's global sales and trading team serving institutional clients.

Mr. Mazzella joined Knight in October 2003 as Head of Listed Block Trading and was named Knight's Global Head of Trading in 2010. Previously, Joe spent more than a decade at Merrill Lynch, most recently as a Managing Director for Listed Trading with responsibilities across diverse sectors. He started at Merrill in 1993 as an Assistant in Listed Equities. From 1990 to 1993, Joe worked at Lehman Brothers where he managed small- and mid-sized institutional client accounts.

Joe began his career in 1985 at New York Stock Exchange specialist firm Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co., later Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.

George Sohos, Senior Managing Director, Head of Market Making, Knight Capital Americas LLC, oversees all of Knight's market making globally.

Mr. Sohos joined Knight in 2000 and has been a member of the senior management team for Knight's Electronic Trading Group since 2005. Among his responsibilities are the U.S. and European client trading books which include market making for retail order flow, Knight Link and market making on the NYSE, NYSE Amex and NYSE Arca. Prior to joining Knight, he worked as a software engineer at IBM and as a senior scientist at Enviro Engineering.

Mr. Sohos has a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Arizona and a bachelor of science in mathematics from Panepistimion Patron in Greece.

Robert N. Stein is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Asset Management, responsible for the growth of Knight's asset management offering.

Mr. Stein is the founder of Astor Asset Management, a money management firm specializing in macro-economic strategy and ETF portfolio construction, now a subsidiary of Knight. He is the author of three books, most recently The Bull Inside the Bear: Finding New Investment Opportunities in Today's Fast-Changing Financial Markets. In 2003, Rob was profiled as one of "The Best Unknown Managers" in BusinessWeek.

Prior to the creation of Astor, Rob was a Managing Director in proprietary trading at Barclays Capital in New York and held portfolio management and trading roles at Bank of America and Harris Bank.

He began his career as a project analyst for The Federal Reserve in Chicago during the chairmanship of Paul Volcker.

Rob received a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Michigan.

Leonard J. Amoruso, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, oversees all legal, compliance, regulatory and market structure matters for the Company. Mr. Amoruso has been General Counsel of the Company since May 2007. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Amoruso was the Senior Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company since June 2003. From October 1999 to June 2003, Mr. Amoruso served as Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant General Counsel of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Knight Securities, L.P (now known as Knight Capital Americas LLC). Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Amoruso spent a decade with FINRA's District 10 office in New York, most recently as Deputy Director. Mr. Amoruso serves on numerous industry committees and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. He also currently serves on the Board of Managers of Direct Edge Holdings LLC. Mr. Amoruso received a B.B.A. in Banking, Finance and Investments from Hofstra University in 1986 and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1989.

Bronwen Bastone, Senior Managing Director of Human Resources, joined Knight in 2002 and is responsible for all human resource operations for Knight.

Prior to joining Knight, Ms. Bastone worked at Merrill Lynch for seven years, during which she worked in several different business units. After working in Merrill Lynch's Equity Sales Division in London, she shifted her focus to Human Resources, focusing on compensation, performance management, employee relations, succession planning and expatriate policies. At Knight, Ms. Bastone has sponsored a firm-wide training and development initiative to focus on building the firm's talent as a strategic competitive advantage. She has experience working across several financial capitals including Hong Kong, London and New York.

Ms. Bastone earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.

Steve Bisgay is responsible for all financial and operational aspects of the firm. He has more than 20 years of experience in the securities and financial services industries.

Mr. Bisgay has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since August 2007. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bisgay was the Managing Director, Business Development for the Company since November 2005. Previously, Mr. Bisgay was the Group Controller for the Company since June 2003 and the Director of Internal Audit for the Company since June 2001. Mr. Bisgay is a certified public accountant and was a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Industry Practice at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1989 to 2001. Mr. Bisgay served on the Board of Managers of Direct Edge Holdings LLC from July 2007 to December 2008, and currently serves as a member of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Managers of Direct Edge Holdings LLC.

Mr. Bisgay received a bachelor of science in accounting from Binghamton University and a master of business administration from Columbia University.

Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has over 30 years of experience in the securities industry. Mr. Joyce has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since December 2004 and has served as a Director since October 2002. He has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2002. From December 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Joyce was the Global Head of Trading at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Joyce held a variety of leadership roles in the Global Institutional Equity business during his 15 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., where his last position was Head of Global Equity eCommerce from 1999 through 2001. Mr. Joyce is a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and a former member of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq. In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics of Connecticut and Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation. He also joined the Ronald McDonald House New York Board of Directors in October 2010. Mr. Joyce received a bachelor of arts in economics from Harvard College.

Martin Brand is a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, one of the world's leading investment and advisory firms.

Mr. Brand joined Blackstone in 2003 in the London office and in 2005 transferred to the New York office. He has been involved in the execution of the firm's investments in BankUnited, PBF Energy, Exeter Finance, Cine UK, Kabel BW, Performance Food Group, Kabelnetz NRW, New Skies, NHP, OSUM, Primacom, Sulo, Travelport and Vistar. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Brand was a derivatives trader in the FICC division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo. He also worked at McKinsey & Company in London. Mr. Brand currently serves as a Director of Bayview Financial, Travelport, Performance Food Group, Orbitz Worldwide, Exeter Finance and PBF Energy. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board of the Hudson Union Society.

Mr. Brand received a bachelor of arts and master of arts in mathematics and computation from Oxford University, where he graduated with first class honors, as well as a master of business administration from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of New York.

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William L. Bolster, Lead Director of the Company, has served on the Board since November 2003. Mr. Bolster was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNBC International from July 2001 to November 2003 and was a consultant to CNBC International until February 2004. Prior thereto, he was President of CNBC from January 1996 until July 2001. Previously, Mr. Bolster was President and General Manager of WNBC-TV in New York. Mr. Bolster received a B.A. in Business Administration from Loras College in 1967.

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James W. Lewis, Director of the Company, has served on the Board since January 2009. Mr. Lewis is the Chairman of Vietnam Partners, LLC. Prior to founding Vietnam Partners, LLC in 2003, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where he spent 17 years working in senior positions across equities, fixed income and asset management. Mr. Lewis also served for a period of time as chairman of the firm's risk management committee. He is also a former member of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Lewis currently serves as a director at Geometry Group LLC affiliates Investarit AG, Shamrock Asset Management LLC and Schuylkill Capital Management LLC. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Councils at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Miami University (Ohio) and Fordham University. He is also a member of the Finance Committee at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Lewis received a B.S. from Miami University (Ohio) in 1963 and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago in 1970.

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James T. Milde, Director of the Company, has served on the Board since May 2005. Mr. Milde has almost 25 years of broad corporate experience. He is currently President of Summit Advisors, a management consulting firm, and also serves as Executive Vice President-Global Services for Keane Consulting. From February 2006 to September 2007, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of United Rentals, Inc. Mr. Milde previously served as the Senior General Manager, Chief Information Officer for Sony Electronics, Inc., from January 2002 to January 2006, where he was responsible for all facets of information technology, supply chain and software related ventures across the United States. Prior thereto, Mr. Milde served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for The Pepsi Bottling Group from 1999 to February 2002. He received a B.A. in Economics and Finance from St. Lawrence University in 1982 and an M.B.A. from Clarkson University in 1984. He currently serves on the Clarkson University Board of Trustees.

Matt Nimetz is an Advisory Director and former Managing Director at General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm.

Mr. Nimetz served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of General Atlantic from 2000 through 2011. Prior to that, he was a partner and former chair of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, where he practiced corporate, securities, financing and international law from 1980 to 2000. Mr. Nimetz worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from 1969 to 1977 where he rose to partner.

Mr. Nimetz has served the public in a number of capacities, including as a Staff Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, an Under Secretary of State and Counselor to the U.S. Department of State, and as a Special Envoy to President Bill Clinton to help mediate international disputes. He currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. Mr. Nimetz received a bachelor of arts in political science from Williams College and a master of arts in philosophy, politics and economics from Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In addition, he earned a degree from the Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.

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Christopher C. Quick, Director of the Company, has served on the Board since January 2009. Mr. Quick is the former CEO of Banc of America Specialist, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and member firm of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). He is also a past Vice Chairman of Global Wealth and Investment Management with Bank of America. Mr. Quick has spent his entire career in the specialist business and was instrumental in various mergers and acquisitions as the industry underwent a period of consolidation. From 1982 to 2004, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Q&R Specialist, JJC Specialist and Fleet Specialists where he remained following the firm's acquisition by Bank of America Corporation. He is a member of the Boards of Trustees of The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Inc., The Boys Club of New York, Catholic Relief Services, Fairfield University, Mutual of America and Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center New York. He is also a former member of the NYSE Board of Directors. Mr. Quick received a B.S. in Finance from Fairfield University in 1979.

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Daniel F. Schmitt, Director of the Company, was elected to the Board on May 9, 2012. Mr. Schmitt has more than 38 years of audit experience and spent over 29 years as a partner with KPMG LLP ("KPMG") primarily in the financial services industry, before retiring in September 2011. During his tenure at KPMG, Mr. Schmitt served as the Area Professional Practice Partner for KPMG's Northeast Area and served on the firm's National Professional Practice Committee and the Area Leadership Team. He most recently served as the Global Lead Audit Partner for Bank of NY Mellon. Mr. Schmitt previously was the partner in charge of Risk Management/Professional Practice for KPMG's Western Area and served in KPMG's New York, San Francisco and Providence/Boston Office practices during his career. He was also an SEC Reviewing Partner and has served as a college relations partner and a KPMG national training instructor. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Schmitt received a B.S. in Accounting from Bryant University (formerly Bryant College) in 1973 and has served as past Chairman of The Alumni Association, Trustee and Member of the Accounting Department Advisory Board.

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Laurie M. Shahon, Director of the Company, has served on the Board since July 2006. Ms. Shahon is the President of Wilton Capital Group, a private direct investment firm she founded in 1994 that makes principal investments in later-stage ventures and medium-sized buyouts. She previously held investment banking positions with Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers. Ms. Shahon received an A.B. in English and Political Science from Wellesley College in 1974 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1976. She is a former Adjunct Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School. Ms. Shahon has served on the boards of several public companies over the past 20 years, including The Bombay Company, Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. and Kitty Hawk Inc. over the past five years.

Fred Tomczyk is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a leading brokerage serving retail investors and independent registered investment advisors.

Mr. Tomczyk started working with TD Ameritrade in 2006. After first serving as a member of the board of directors and later as chief operating officer, he assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Ameritrade in October 2008. Mr. Tomczyk joined TD Bank Group in 2000 and has served as Vice Chair of corporate operations, Executive Vice President of retail distribution for TD Canada Trust, and President and Chief Executive Officer of wealth management for TD Bank. Prior to TD Bank, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of London Life. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Mr. Tomczyk received a bachelor of arts in applied economic and business management from Cornell University. He currently serves on Cornell's undergraduate business program advisory council.