Phil Mackintosh is Global Head of Economics & Research and a Senior Vice President of Nasdaq, Inc. His team is responsible for a variety of projects and initiatives in the U.S. and Europe to improve market structure, encourage capital formation, and enhance trading efficiency.
 
Phil has 28 years of experience in the Finance industry. Prior to joining Nasdaq he was the Head of Trading Strategy & Analysis at KCG/Virtu Financial. He has also served as the Global Head of Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse, and the Head of Index Portfolios at County Investment Management. He started his career at KPMG and is also a Chartered Accountant.

This gives Phil has a unique blend of operational risk, buy-side and sell-side experience. Over the past 15 years he has published research on indexes, ETFs, market structure, trading and retail investors.