Hester Serafini — President of ICE Clear US and Chief Operating Officer of ICE Clear US at Intercontinental Exchange

Ms. Hester Serafini has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of ICE Clear U.S., Inc. at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. since January 1, 2017 and March 1, 2016 respectively. Ms. Serafini is responsible for managing the clearing house operations and interpreting and implementing regulatory changes. She oversees all technology, operations and financial functions at the clearing house, which maintains offices in New York and Chicago. She joined ICE Clear from J.P. Morgan, where she led the OTC clearing and intermediation business for credit, FX and rates derivatives in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She served as the Chief Risk Officer of Fixed-income Prime Brokerage - Global Markets Division and Director of Fixed-income Prime Brokerage - Global Markets Division of Deutsche Bank AG since July 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Serafini served as global head of credit prime brokerage and clearing for Deutsche Bank. She served as a Vice President of Deutsche Bank AG. She was responsible for risk management for the derivatives prime brokerage. Ms. Serafini holds a PhD in Mathematics from the Courant Institute at New York University and a Masters in Applied Mathematics from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.