John M. Palazzo - Advisory Committee to Board of Directors

John Palazzo is the Managing Director of Credit Agricole Cheuvreux North America. He is responsible for developing, implementing and promoting strategies for CA Cheuvreux’s US execution business. Mr. Palazzo has nearly 20 years experience trading all domestic equity markets and has a deep understanding of the electronic trading environment. He is a seasoned executive with vast experience in running and managing equity sales/derivative trading desks that specialize in electronic, algorithmic, and program trading, as well as consulting on micro-market structural issues to some of the largest buy-side firms in the US, both hedge funds and institutional. Mr. Palazzo’s experience includes stints on both buy and sell-side desks, providing him a unique perspective on issues relevant to both. Most recently he was Managing Director of Sales and Trading at UNX, Inc., an agency brokerage focused on electronic execution. Prior to UNX, Mr. Palazzo spent more than a decade with Instinet, the world’s largest electronic agency broker at the time. While there, he was Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Account Management and managed Instinet’s US trading desk. In his career, Mr. Palazzo has also held senior positions at electronic trading firms Brut LLC, MarketXT and Pulse Trading. He holds a BA in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University.