Rory O'Kane
Governor
Term ending: December 31, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
rokane@knight.com
Rory O’Kane is a Director of Knight Equity Markets LP., based in Chicago, Illinois.
Rory has been in the equities and options trading business for more than 28 years. Prior to joining Knight, he was Managing Director/President of TD Professional Execution, Inc., a unit of TD Securities USA for 8 years. He was also former President of Rom-Bo Trading Company (a unit of Stafford Trading Company). His firm was a NASDAQ market maker and CBOE member responsible for providing options, equities, and futures execution capabilities to option floor-based and upstairs derivative-trading firms.
In addition to his position as STA Governor, he also Co-Chairs the STA Options Committee and STA PAC Committee. He continues to serve on the SIFMA Options, ISE Allocation, ISE Retail Advisory, and the ISE Nominating Committees. As former President of the Security Traders Association of Chicago (STAC), he has served on the board for more than 10 years and on numerous committees locally and nationally.
