Futures Exchange Head Not Sure If He’ll Stay On
<i> Reuters</i>
After only a month as chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade, William F. O’Connor is not sure whether he wants to remain at the helm of the world’s largest futures exchange.
O’Connor, 55, said he hasn’t decided whether he wants to serve beyond January, when his term expires.
O’Connor was appointed chairman July 31 when Karsten (Cash) Mahlmann resigned amid financial woes at Stotler Group Inc., a futures brokerage firm of which he was also chairman.
“I ran for election for vice chairman, and I became chairman by a means which I didn’t want to become chairman,” O’Connor said. “I still don’t know if I want to be chairman.”
