John Zecca

About John Zecca

Specialties: Corporate M&A, Intellectual Property, Corporate Governance, Government Relations, Stock Market Structure, Trading Regulations, Securities Law, Employment Law, Risk Management, Surveillance Technology and EnforcementJohn Zecca is EVP, Chief Legal, Risk and Regulatory Officer at Nasdaq, Inc. and its chief policy officer. John serves on Nasdaq’s management committee. Nasdaq\'s Legal, Risk & Regulatory Group is composed of more than 300 attorneys, programmers, data scientists, regulators and compliance specialists in 13 countries. The group includes Nasdaq’s global government relations, corporate governance and corporate secretary teams.Our legal team coordinates Nasdaq\'s input on public policy initiatives involving market structure, data privacy, cloud computing and corporate governance. Perhaps most importantly, we weigh in on policy impacting capital formation, which is critical to our listed companies around the world. Each year we comment on dozens of agency initiatives and EU/Financial Supervisory Authority consultations. John sponsors the Nasdaq General Counsel Forum, which meets periodically around the U.S. to provide Nasdaq- listed and private company GCs an opportunity to share priorities and interact with government policy makers. Nasdaq\'s regulatory and compliance teams apply cutting edge technology to surveil capital markets in the United States and Europe, helping to protect investors by providing vital oversight of our stock markets in tandem with government enforcement agencies. Nasdaq’s technology, financial, clearing and enterprise risk management groups perform critical second line functions across the organization.John previously served on the board of directors of Nasdaq Clearing, AB, a European clearing house that provides clearing services across multiple asset classes, and the Nasdaq TRF LLC. He is licensed to practice law in California and the District of Columbia and is a licensed solicitor in England and Wales.

Experience

1. Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Risk & Regulatory Officer at Nasdaq

   Nasdaq

   Oct 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Fortune 500)(S&P 500). Nasdaq\'s Legal Regulatory Group is composed of nearly 300 attorneys, programmers, data scientists and risk, regulatory and compliance specialists in 13 countries. Our organization includes the Office of the General Counsel, European Legal Services, Office of the Corporate Secretary, Global Regulatory Operations, Regulatory Policy, Inspections and Enforcement, Regulatory Technology, Corporate and Broker Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Financial Risk Management and Clearing Risk Management.

Education

• University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)

  JD

  1990 — 1993

• Cornell University

  BS

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• Trading
• Corporate Finance
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Capital Markets
• Public Companies
• Sec
• Financial Markets
• Equities
• Finra
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investor Relations
• M&a Experience
• Ipo
• Securities Regulation
• Securities