You've held a number of senior management positions with large investment banks and most recently served as managing director, head of products and services for Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Why come to Eurex US, an unproven entity with a tough road ahead of it?
For one it was such an opportunity and such a challenge. One thing about Eurex US that a lot of people don't realise, is that it is much more about building a full-service US exchange and much less about going after the Board of Trade contracts. It was really an opportunity to build something big. Yes, we are unproven but we get to leverage Eurex's network and brand name. I think the CME is a wonderful institution and I enjoyed working there. But I always believed in Eurex's fully-electronic, low fees for everyone model, so it was an easy move for me.And it's a chance to be...