Michael Kurd
Managing Director, Global Equities, and Head of Americas Prime Financial Services, J.P. Morgan
Michael Kurd is a Managing Director in Global Equities and the Head of Americas Prime Financial Services at J.P. Morgan, overseeing Prime Brokerage, Financing, and Centralized Clearing. Before assuming his current role, Mr. Kurd led the Americas Exotics and Single Stock Equity Derivatives Trading teams. He joined JPMorgan in 2017, bringing with him 13 years of experience in various equity derivatives trading roles at other leading firms.
Mr. Kurd is an advocate for JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Hispanic & Latino Advocacy Program (HLAP); sits on the JPMorgan Chase & Co Americas Markets, Sales & Research Analyst & Associate Development Council (AADC); and is a board member of JPMorgan Chase Financial Company LLC.
Mr. Kurd earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Mr. Kurd is a Member Director on OCC’s Board of Directors and serves on the Risk Committee.