Walt Lukken

President and CEO of Futures Industry Association (FIA)

Record Date: 3/6/17 

Today I spoke to a man who grew up in the mid-west rural farm country, and went to law school. When he was back in Chicago taking the bar exam, he got a call from an Indiana Senator to help him with financial policy.  He took the opportunity and has since become the resident expert on derivatives trading, served as CFTC commissioner under the Bush administration, worked at the NYSE, and from there has moved on to becoming the President and CEO of the FIA. (more…)