The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has announced that Robert Trefny will be the new Chair of its regulatory arm, The International Stock Exchange Authority (TISEA).
Robert brings to the role more than 35 years’ experience as a lawyer, latterly as a Capital Markets Partner in the London office of Clifford Chance.
He will be appointed to the board of TISEA from 1 January 2021, succeeding Charlie Geffen, who will become the Chair of parent company The International Stock Exchange Group from the same date.
Originally from New York, Robert spent 11 years at Davis Polk & Wardell in New York, before moving to Clifford Chance, where he became a Capital Markets Partner.
Having been based at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong for five years, he relocated to London in 1999, where he continued to practise until leaving the firm in 2018.
From 1 January 2021, the TISEA board will comprise: Robert Trefny, Adrienne Muir (Non-Executive Director), as well as Executive Directors Mark Nicol (Managing Director), Jonathan Richards and Robbie Andrade.