DGAP-News: Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy to Depart NASDAQ OMX
ID: 348337
14.02.2011 22:05
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces that Adena Friedman, Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy will be leaving the company,
effective March 4, 2011. Ms. Friedman will be joining The Carlyle Group as
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Operating
Committee, based in Washington, D.C. Former NASDAQ OMX CFO David Warren has
been appointed special advisor to the CEO and Ronald Hassen, Senior Vice
President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer will become interim CFO,
while a permanent replacement is sought.
'Adena has been a valued and trusted partner of mine since I joined as CEO,'
said Bob Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ OMX. 'She has played a
tremendous role in the growth and success of NASDAQ OMX over her 18 years with
the company. Her leadership skills, outstanding business acumen and
entrepreneurial spirit have driven a number of game changing transactions for
NASDAQ OMX. I have great respect for Adena personally and professionally and
wish her much success at Carlyle.'
Ms. Friedman assumed the role of CFO in 2009 in addition to overseeing
corporate strategy. She directed NASDAQ's acquisition of OMX AB, through which
NASDAQ OMX acquired the Nordic and Baltic markets and a global exchange
technology business. She also managed NASDAQ OMX's acquisition of the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, now one of the largest options exchanges in the
U.S. In 2005, Friedman directed NASDAQ in its acquisition of the INET ECN,
which enhanced NASDAQ's technology infrastructure and further improved its
trading capabilities. Before assuming her role as CFO, Ms. Friedman served as
head of Global Data Products, a $250M business unit within The NASDAQ OMX
Group. She joined NASDAQ in 1993.
About NASDAQ OMX
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. Please follow
NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/nasdaqomx) and Twitter
(http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
The NASDAQ Stock Market and NASDAQ OMX's other products and offerings. We
caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual
results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These
factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual
report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any
forward-looking statements.
NDAQG
CONTACT: Media Contact:
Frank DeMaria, NASDAQ OMX
+1 (212) 231-5183
Frank.DeMaria@NASDAQOMX.com
Investor Contact:
Vincent Palmiere, NASDAQ OMX
+1 301 978 5242
Vincent.Palmiere@NASDAQOMX.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
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