Cboe Europe President Mark Hemsley to Retire

Cboe Global Markets has confirmed that its executive vice president and Cboe Europe president, Mark Hemsley, will retire from the company in February next year, according to a story in The Trade. The exchange operator announced that David Howson, chief operating officer at Cboe Europe since 2013, will succeed Hemsley as executive vice president of Cboe Global Markets and president of Cboe Europe as of January 2020. Hemsley was a founding employee of Bats Europe in 2008 and played a strategic role in the acquisition and integration of Chi-X Europe in 2011. Bats was then acquired by Cboe Global Markets in 2017. Prior to Bats, Hemsley served as chief information officer and managing director of LIFFE overseeing its markets solutions business. Hemsley’s successor, Howson, joined Cboe in 2017 as part of the Bats acquisition. He has helped drive and oversee various projects at the exchange, including the launch of Cboe LIS, Cboe Periodic Auctions and BXTR.