Louis Pastina
Managing Member
Email: l.pastina@glblmkt.com

Lou Pastina spent 31 years at the NYSE and is an industry veteran whose proven skill at articulating and achieving strategic vision and executing technological breakthroughs, sets him apart. He successfully led the New York Stock Exchange through transformational changes, pioneering several industry firsts.

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As Executive Vice President managing the NYSE’s then $16 trillion Cash Equity Market, he spearheaded new technologies and tactical operating plans for both the trading floor and all-electronic Equity Market through sweeping architectural upgrades to the NYSE systems, including its electronic matching engine. He introduced the NYSE Hybrid Market in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission, paving the way for the NYSE to transition from an open outcry system to a 21st modern electronic market.

Lou was also a member of the National Stock Exchange (NSX) Board chairing the Regulatory Oversight Committee at NSX. He represented the NYSE on the DTCC Board for seven years and chaired the Board Ops & Tech Committee. He also represented the NYSE on the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Operations and Technology Committee.

A named holder or co-holder of seven NYSE U.S. patents, he graduated from St. Francis College of Brooklyn, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2015. He chaired the Advisory Board at his alma mater’s SFC Center of Entrepreneurship.

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Bob Walley
Managing Member
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Bob has over 41 years of experience and working with Capital Markets and Global Financial Markets industry clients. After a robust 23-year career, Bob recently retired as Principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Bob was responsible for working with clients to solve their most complex operations transformations, operationalize rules and regulations as well as supporting non-financial regulatory reporting programs.

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In his role at Deloitte, he was responsible for leading the Capital Markets Industry Sector, building teams and innovating services.

Bob has comprehensive working knowledge of the traded markets, regulatory and compliance functions. He focuses on risk management, front lines businesses, second line compliance, market surveillance, trade management, brokerage operations, trading systems, digital control centers and trade reporting. At Deloitte, he has advised numerous exchanges and broker dealers on leading practices, process improvements, and leading uses of technology or decision support. A developer by trade, Bob has extensive experience in systems architecture, application design, data architecture, development methodologies, securities operations technology, building enterprise data repositories and warehousing, and enterprise reporting solutions.

Bob has led numerous industry wide transformation programs including the project office for Consolidated Audit Trail, to operationalize the CAT NMS Plan to comply with SEC Rule 613 as well T+2 Shortened Settlement Cycle, and most recently the move to T+1 Accelerated Settlement Cycle. Bob’s primary focus is to help organizations modernize regulated operations.

Bob spends a great deal of his time focused on helping SUNY Geneseo and is the Chairman of the Geneseo Foundation.

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