CME’s Falsafi promoted

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) Arman Falsafi has been promoted to managing director for Europe and Asia. Previously, she was head of Globex, the exchange’s electronic trading platform.

“Arman’s efforts over the past five years have been critical in the execution of our global distribution strategy,” said Rick Redding, CME’s managing director of products and services. “In this new role, Arman will apply her strong technology background and deep knowledge of CME’s products and services to focus exclusively on expanding Globex distribution internationally.”

Falsafi joined the CME in 1999 as senior director for technology strategy and was subsequently promoted to managing director of global electronic trading and data. Before joining the CME, Falsafi held systems and software engineering positions within capital markets businesses, including Swiss Bank Corporation.