MARK ALEXANDER is a managing director at Merrill Lynch and head of Business Infrastructure and Controls and the Direct Division for the Global Wealth Management (“GWM”) business. He is also head of Global Operations and Services for Merrill Lynch & Co., where he is responsible for worldwide operations and client services for Global Markets and GWM.

Alexander’s 17-year career at Merrill Lynch includes leadership positions in Global Private Client Services, Global Transaction and Custody Services, Operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Global Equities Operations, Fixed Income Operations and Institutional Client Services.

Alexander joined Merrill Lynch in 1991 after seven years at Deloitte & Touche, where he was a manager and Certified Public Accountant working on a variety of auditing and consulting engagements in the financial services industry.

Alexander previously served as a director on the Boards of Euroclear, LCH.Clearnet, the European Securities Clearing Corporation, the Participants' Trust Company, where he was chairman in 1995/1996, and for DTCC's subsidiary, the Government Securities Clearing Corporation. He has also served on various industry committees over the years, including DTCC's Planning Committees for Equity Operations and Fixed Income Operations, the Securities Industry Association's STP Executive Committee, the European Securities Forum Executive Committee, CREST's Strategic Advisory Committee, and the Bond Markets Association's MBS Executive Committee, MBS Operations Committee, where he was Chairman in 1993/1994, and Government Securities Operations Committee.

Alexander has a B.B.A. in Accounting, graduating magna cum laude, from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business. He has also attended various executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School and holds NASD licenses in Series 7, 24, 27 and 63.