Kevin Kennedy
Executive Vice President, North American Markets, Nasdaq
Kevin J. Kennedy is Executive Vice President and Head of North American Trading Services at Nasdaq. In this role, he leads the NATS team across North American Equities, U.S. Options, Marketing, Sales, Communications, and Connectivity Services. Prior to this role, Kevin served as Head of North American Market Services at Nasdaq. responsible for North American Equities, US. Options, Market Operations, Sales, and the Economic Research team.
Mr. Kennedy also serves as a Board Member for Nasdaq CXC Limited, and previously served as a Board Member on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, prior to its acquisition by Nasdaq.
Mr. Kennedy began his career as an independent market maker in September 1987. Since then, he has served as President of his own trading firm, Vice President in the Goldman Sachs Equities division, and various roles at Nasdaq since 2007. He graduated from La Salle University with a Bachelor of Science in finance.
Mr. Kennedy is an Exchange Director on OCC's Board of Directors and serves on the Audit Committee.