ERIS - Key Persons
Geoffrey Sharp joined Eris in 2015, with over 2 decades of global capital markets experience. In previous roles he was a Managing Director of Interest Rate Sales at Nomura Securities International during their US expansion and previously held senior-level derivatives sales and trading roles at Lehman Brothers in Tokyo and New York. Mr. Sharp holds a B.Eng. from The University of Bristol, England.
Greg Carter is the Senior Analyst at Eris Innovations. He holds a MSF from Illinois Institute of Technology specializing in High Frequency Finance and Financial Programming. Prior to joining Eris Innovations, Greg was an independent derivatives trader since 2014.
Job Titles:
- Director, Operations and Technology
Laurence Brazeau runs the day-to-day operations at Eris Innovations, having joined the Eris team in June 2019. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the daily settlement process for Eris Swap Futures and managing client service inquiries from market participants. Prior to joining Eris, Mr. Brazeau was on the DevOps team at Trading Technologies covering production operations for the TT Platform.
Michael Riddle has been Chief Executive Officer of Eris Innovations since the flagship USD swap futures migrated to CME in 2018, after serving as Chief Operating Officer of Eris Exchange since shortly after it was founded. Previously, Michael was the Director of Alliance Management at CME Group, where he was responsible for the growth of the CME's international partnerships in Brazil, Dubai, Korea and Mexico. Prior to CME Group, Mr. Riddle held trading technology-related positions at Chicago Board of Trade and in the Capital Markets consulting practice for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Mr. Riddle holds a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management.
Timothy Stack was Managing Director and Head of Agency Derivative Services at Barclays Bank, where he was responsible for the global futures, OTC clearing and FX prime brokerage businesses. Mr. Stack also served as a board member of the Futures Industry Association. Mr. Stack holds a B.Econ. from University of Sydney, Australia.