NYSE Euronext Hires Stacey Cunningham as Vice President, Relationship Management, Global Sales

“Great strategic fit” for former NASDAQ OMX sales head and one-time specialist with Banc of America Specialists

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that Stacey Cunningham will join the company’s Global Sales team as Vice President for U.S. Relationship Management with responsibility for account management including revenue production across the full suite of equities-based products and services. Ms. Cunningham will report to Christine Sandler, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and will begin her new role on Dec. 10, 2012.

“Stacey is a highly respected and successful professional who brings outstanding customer relationships, industry experience, knowledge, and leadership skills to NYSE Euronext”

Ms. Cunningham most recently served as Vice President, Head of Sales for NASDAQ OMX where she built a strong client base within the equities and options communities. Prior to joining NASDAQ OMX, Ms. Cunningham was Vice President of Trading for Banc of America Specialists, Inc. where as a specialist she managed the auction market in assigned securities on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

“Stacey is a highly respected and successful professional who brings outstanding customer relationships, industry experience, knowledge, and leadership skills to NYSE Euronext,” Ms. Sandler said. “Stacey will be a great strategic fit here, and will be able to leverage her floor trading experience and multi-asset class electronic trading sales experience to help unlock potential for our clients and our organization. Our consultative, single point-of-contact approach to client relationship management fosters greater accountability, responsiveness and transparency. We’re thrilled that Stacey has chosen to join NYSE Euronext.”

Ms. Cunningham joined NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in 2007 as Director, Capital Markets and also served as Managing Director. Ms. Cunningham joined Banc of America Specialists, Inc. in 1996, was Vice President of Trading from 2000-2005, and served on the firm’s Quality and Performance Committee.

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.