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Robert G. Pickel

Robert G. Pickel is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ISDA is the global trade association representing leading participants in the privately negotiated derivatives industry, a business which includes interest rate, currency, commodity, credit, energy and equity swaps and options. Previously, Mr. Pickel was the general counsel of ISDA, serving in that capacity since November 1997.

Prior to joining ISDA, Mr. Pickel was assistant general counsel in the Legal Department of Amerada Hess Corporation, an international oil and gas company, from 1991 to 1997. He has also worked at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and London, where he represented ISDA in a variety of matters.

Mr. Pickel serves as a member of the Board of Directors for The Institute for Financial Markets and is a member of The Bretton Woods Committee. Mr. Pickel graduated from Williams College and received his law degree from New York University.

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