The New Zealand Stock Exchange has appointed Mark Weldon as its new chief executive officer.
A New Zealander, Weldon (34) has spent the past nine years in New York, where he is currently senior engagement manager at McKinsey & Company as senior adviser to chief executives, chief financial officers and business heads of several large public and private organisations.
He was previously an attorney with a leading New York law firm Skadden, Arps, Slade, Meagher & Flom LLP. He completed his Doctorate in Jurisprudence at the Columbia University School of Law, New York, in 1997, following a Masters degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics and Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Arts from the University of Auckland.
Weldon has expertise in stock exchange strategy and market structure, institutional sales, trading and asset management, corporate strategy, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities, corporate and international law.
New Zealand Stock Exchange chairman Simon Allen says Weldon was an outstanding New Zealander who will lead the exchange through a significant period of advancement.
