Sean Downey

Managing Director, Clearing Chief Compliance Officer, Enterprise Risk Officer & Head Of Policy at CME Group

Sean Downey is a seasoned compliance and risk management professional with extensive experience in the financial services industry. Currently serving as Managing Director, Clearing Chief Compliance Officer, and Enterprise Risk Officer at CME Group since January 2011, Sean has a strong focus on global clearing and risk policy, regulatory strategy, and engagement with key policymakers. Previous roles include Executive Director and Associate General Counsel at CME Group, where expertise was applied in interpreting CFTC regulations, as well as positions at Dubai Mercantile Exchange and Mesirow Financial, demonstrating a robust background in regulatory affairs, legal compliance, and risk management. Sean holds a J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from DePauw University.

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CME Group

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As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.


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