Michael Blaugrund is stepping down as CEO of DriveWealth, a financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, to accept a newly created position at ICE (Intercontinental Exchange). Prior to DriveWealth, Blaugrund has served as the Chief Operating Officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a subsidiary of ICE, overseeing strategy and operations of the NYSE Group’s five equity exchanges and two options exchanges. Prior to NYSE, he was the Director of Business Development at Tower Research Capital, where he was responsible for expanding the firm’s global market access and developing strategic assets. He also previously led US equity product strategy at NASDAQ and held product management roles at Thomson Reuters. Naureen Hassan has been appointed as Global Chief Executive Officer of DriveWealth.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Judge Margaret “Meg” Ryan has been named Director of the Division of Enforcement, effective September 2, 2025, according to a press release. Acting Director of Enforcement Sam Waldon will return to his previous role as Chief Counsel for the Division. Judge Ryan is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. She was nominated to the court in 2006 by President George W. Bush, was confirmed by the United States Senate, and served the entirety of her term through July 2020. She reached senior status in August 2020. Judge Ryan currently is a lecturer on military law and justice at Harvard University Law School. She was a visiting professor at Notre Dame Law School and lecturer at The George Washington University Law School.
Keith Petersen has joined Cboe Global Markets as Head of Market Data and Access Services for North America, according to his post on LinkedIn. He joins from Solution Systems, where he was VP of growth, a role he held for a year. Prior to that, he spent more than seven years at Barchart, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer. Petersen joined Barchart in 2016 as Head of Strategy.
Joe Everitt has joined Winterflood as a Head of Low-Touch Trading & Algorithmic Sales Trading, reporting to Andrew Stancliffe, Head of Execution Services, according to a press release. Prior to joining Winterflood, Everitt worked at Stifel, where he was Managing Director of Electronic Trading, responsible for Stifel Large Cap Retail Service Provider (RSP) and Institutional Algorithmic Platform in Europe (SELECT). Before that, he served in a series of senior roles at Dresdner Kleinwort and Raymond James, having started his career as a business analyst at Charles Schwab in 1998.
FINRA has elected J. Bradford Eichler as Large Firm Governor and Erin Baskett as Small Firm Governor to its Board of Governors, according to a press statement. Eichler is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Stephens, overseeing the firm’s operations and business divisions. Prior to his appointment as COO in April 2023, Eichler co-led then later led Stephens’ Investment Banking division, starting in 2007. Baskett is the Chief Executive Officer of Sine Qua Non Capital, which provides compliance and financial operations support to assist small firms. She previously launched a number of small firms and held executive positions at various firms, including leading compliance, finance and trading operations.
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