Jersey City, N.J., USA - August 28, 2012, Jersey City, N.J., USA - Knight Capital Group, Inc. announced the appointments of Martin Brand, Matthew Nimetz and Fred Tomczyk to the board of directors, effective August 27, 2012.
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Mr. Brand is a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, an investment and advisory firm. Mr. Brand joined Blackstone in 2003 in the London office and in 2005 transferred to the New York office. He has been involved in the execution of the firm's investments in BankUnited, PBF Energy, Exeter Finance, Cine UK, Kabel BW, Performance Food Group, Kabelnetz NRW, New Skies, NHP, OSUM, Primacom, Sulo, Travelport and Vistar.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Brand was a derivatives trader in the FICC division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo. He also worked at McKinsey & Company in London. Mr. Brand currently serves as a Director of Bayview Financial, Travelport, Performance Food Group, Orbitz Worldwide, Exeter Finance and PBF Energy. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board of the Hudson Union Society.
Mr. Brand received a bachelor of arts and master of arts in mathematics and computation from Oxford University, where he graduated with first class honors, as well as a master of business administration from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of New York.
Mr. Nimetz is an Advisory Director and former Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm. Mr. Nimetz served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of General Atlantic from 2000 through 2011. Prior to that, he was a partner and former chair of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, where he practiced corporate, securities, financing and international law from 1980 to 2000. Mr. Nimetz worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from 1969 to 1977 where he rose to partner.
Mr. Nimetz has served the public in a number of capacities, including as a Staff Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, an Under Secretary of State and Counselor to the U.S. Department of State, and as a Special Envoy to President Bill Clinton to help mediate international disputes. He currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.
Mr. Nimetz received a bachelor of arts in political science from Williams College and a master of arts in philosophy, politics and economics from Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In addition, he earned a degree from the Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.
Mr. Tomczyk is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a leading brokerage serving retail investors and independent registered investment advisors. Mr. Tomczyk started working with TD Ameritrade in 2006. After first serving as a member of the board of directors and later as chief operating officer, he assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Ameritrade in October 2008.
Mr. Tomczyk joined TD Bank Group in 2000 and has served as Vice Chair of corporate operations, Executive Vice President of retail distribution for TD Canada Trust, and President and Chief Executive Officer of wealth management for TD Bank. Prior to TD Bank, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of London Life. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. ■