NYSE Euronext names van der Does de Willebois acting CFO

NYSE Euronext has appointed Joost van der Does de Willebois, the exchange’s deputy chief financial officer (CFO) and head of the company’s Amsterdam market, to assume the role of acting CFO. In this role he will be based in Amsterdam.

This is to replace Nelson Chai, who left to take up the position of CFO for Merrill Lynch on December 10 2007. Before the merger between NYSE Group and Euronext in April 2007, van der Does de Willebois had been CFO of Euronext since November 2004. Bruno Colmant, head of the company’s Belgian market and NYSE Euronext European Affairs, will become deputy CFO, based in Brussels.

Meanwhile in New York, the exchange has hired Christine Sandler as head of North American sales. Sandler will report to Lawrence Leibowitz, chief operating officer, US products. She joins NYSE Euronext from Blockalert, a joint venture between Merrill Lynch and Investment Technology Group, where she led sales efforts for its block trading indications system.

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