Michael Gorham
Director, IIT Stuart Center for Financial MarketsWhen Michael Gorham returned to Chicago and IIT in 2004 as the new director of the Center for Financial Markets, he brought with him a breadth of experience in financial markets few could match. Gorham brings more than three decades of market experience from his position as research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and as vice president of product development, commodity marketing, education and international marketing spanning 18 years at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He also has academic and research experience at IIT's Center for Law and Financial Markets, has been editor of the "Journal of Global Financial Markets" and he provides consulting international exchanges and regulators.
Most recently, Gorham served as the first director of the Division of Market Oversight for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and is currently on the CBOE Futures Exchange Board of Directors, the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange of India Board of Directors, the Business Conduct Committees of both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the National Futures Association, the editorial board of the GARP Risk Review, the editorial board of Futures Industry, and is regional director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals for Chicago.
