A global leader in online multi-asset trading services, currency data and 
analytics, OANDA(http://oanda.com/) is pleased to announce the appointment of 
Lisa Shemie as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Responsible for 
overseeing the firm's legal function worldwide, Shemie will also sit on the 
executive committee from her base in New York.

An accomplished financial services lawyer with more than 20 years of 
experience, Shemie joins OANDA from Cboe Global Markets, where she was Chief 
Legal Officer of each of Cboe's foreign exchange trading venues, Cboe FX 
Markets and Cboe SEF. Before this, she spent 15 years working with financial 
powerhouses such as JP Morgan Chase. 

In addition, Shemie has served on the Financial Markets Lawyers Group, which 
comprises senior lawyers of FX market participants who meet under the guidance 
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She also served as Co-Chair of the 
Market Structure Subcommittee of the CFTC's Market Risk Advisory Committee, and 
as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association, an industry group 
representing the collective interests of professional FX market participants. 
She was part of several working groups under the Global Foreign Exchange 
Committee, which is responsible for the ongoing development of the FX Global 
Code.

Gavin Bambury, Chief Executive Officer of OANDA, said, "Given her reputation as 
a respected member of several FX industry committees and impressive credentials 
in the foreign exchange and broader financial services sector, we believe Lisa 
will be a considerable asset to the firm. She brings with her proven 
commercial, managerial, regulatory, operational and strategic expertise, which 
will enable her to help drive corporate growth while serving as a trusted 
advisor to the company in the years to come. We look forward to welcoming her 
to OANDA." 

Further commenting, Shemie said, "Over the years, OANDA has earned a reputation 
for integrity in the FX community, emerging as an industry leader, widely 
recognised for its dedication to the success of its clients. I'm looking 
forward to partnering with the business to help capture new opportunities and 
fuel company expansion in the future."

About OANDA

Founded in 1996, OANDA was the first company to share exchange rate data free 
of charge on the Internet, launching an FX trading platform that helped pioneer 
the development of web-based currency trading five years later. Today, the 
group provides online multi-asset trading, currency data and analytics to 
retail and corporate clients, demonstrating an unrivalled expertise in foreign 
exchange. With regulated entities in nine of the world's most active financial 
markets, OANDA remains dedicated to transforming the business of foreign 
exchange. For more information, please visit oanda.com(http://www.oanda.com/) 
or follow us on Twitter(https://twitter.com/OANDA), 
Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/OANDAfx) or 
YouTube(http://www.youtube.com/user/oanda).


SOURCE: OANDA