Michael Gorham

Current

• Distinguished International Adjunct Professor of Finance at EGADE
• Industry Professor and Director, IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets at Illinois Institute of Technology

Past

• Director, Division of Market Ovesight at Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• VP International Market Development at Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Senior Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of SanFrancisco

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Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Florida

• University of Notre Dame

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Michael Gorham’s Summary

I'm just a very curious guy who has had the opportunity to learn a lot about exchanges and financial markets by hanging around people who are a lot more experienced than me, who has tried to pay attention to how people learn and so has gotten somewhat decent at presentations and writing, and who really likes people, so has become not too bad at leading teams and serving on boards and committees.

Michael Gorham’s Specialties:

Exchanges, India's financial markets, global financial markets, just starting on Mexico's financial markets

Michael Gorham’s Experience

• Distinguished International Adjunct Professor of Finance

  EGADE

  (Education Management industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  EGADE is the top-ranked graduate business school of Tecnlogico de Monterrey in Mexico. Each summer I spend a month teaching, doing research and giving talks at the Santa Fe campus in Mexico City.

• Industry Professor and Director, IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Teach graduate courses in Financial Markets, direct IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets

• Director, Division of Market Ovesight

  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  July 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 1 month)

  Ran Division of Market Oversight, a group of 100 economists, lawyers and normal people who had oversight responsibility for the traditional futures exchanges and their less regulated cousins, and had responsibility for ensuring market integrity, preventing market manipulation and customer abuse.

• VP International Market Development

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  August 1979 — July 1997 (18 years )

  This last position was to develop international business for the CME, over saw Tokyo ofice, London ofice and New York office and small group in Chicago. Great job. Got to know exchanges, regulators and institutions all over the world.

• Senior Economist

  Federal Reserve Bank of SanFrancisco

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  December 1976 — August 1979 (2 years 9 months)

  Did economic research. Great job. Milton Friedman was our visiting scholar for a while.

Michael Gorham’s Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Professor of Financial Markets 1998 — 2008

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  PhD , Agricultural Economics , 1972 — 1975

• University of Florida

  MS , Food and Resource Economics , 1970 — 1972

• University of Notre Dame

  BA , 1963 — 1967

Additional Information

Michael Gorham’s Interests:

Market design, biking, hiking, reading.

Michael Gorham’s Groups:

Former Board Member, NCDEX, a commodity futures exchange in Mumbai, India
Board Member, CBOE Futures Exchange, Chicago
Editorial Board Member, GARP Risk Review
Editorial Board Member, Futures Industry
Business Conduct Committee Member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Former Business Conduct Committee Member, National Futures Association,
Board Member, Stuart Investments
Advisory Board Member, Options City

•    IIT Stuart School of Business
•    Electronic Trading Group
•    Stuart School of Business

Michael Gorham’s Contact Settings

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