Michael Richter

He has a MBA degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & CPA in New York State.

Michael has had a 40+ year career in financial services. Currently he serves as Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of BATS Global Markets Inc, a major operator of stock exchanges in the U.S. and Europe. He also is a member of the Advisory Board to the Financial Engineering & Risk Analysis Program at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He was Co-founder, CFO and Chief Compliance Officer of Lime Brokerage, which provided low latency access for high frequency traders, and served as CFO of Tower Research Capital, a global proprietary trading firm. He negotiated the sale of Lime to Wedbush in 2011. Michael held executive financial and operational roles at Citibank, Lehman Brothers, E.F.Hutton and American Express. He started his career as a consultant for Arthur Anderson.