CoinFund president Christopher Perkins is to join the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC). He will be the first member to come from a crypto investing and advisory background.

Perkins joins 35 other members of a body that assists the Commission in its regulatory work on the global markets, and tweeted that he was “humbled” to be asked to serve.

“Given the incredible challenges of the current macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, it is more critical than ever to have the input and expertise of these executive leaders as a resource for the Commission”, said CFTC Commissioner Caroline D Pham. “I am energized about the relaunch of the GMAC and the work program we will tackle as we develop potential solutions to the most significant current and emerging issues in global markets.”

“I am pleased to welcome the GMAC members and thank them for their willingness to serve and support these important initiatives,” she added.

Global markets

The committee’s mandate is to assist and advise the Commission:

• on issues that affect the integrity and competitiveness of US markets and US firms engaged in global business, including the regulatory challenges of a global marketplace that reflects the increasing interconnectedness of markets and the multinational nature of business;
• to help determine how it can avoid unnecessary regulatory or operational impediments to global business while still preserving core protections for customers and other market participants;
• to assess the impact on US markets and firms of the Commission’s international efforts and the initiatives of foreign regulators and market authorities;
• to identify methods to improve both domestic and international regulatory structures while continuing to allow US markets and firms to remain competitive in the global market. That includes regulating futures, swaps, options, and derivatives markets, and intermediaries.

The committee consists of new and returning GMAC members, including:

Chris Allen	HSBC	General Counsel for Banking and Markets, and General Counsel of HSBC Bank PLC
Bill Bolton	BP	Chief Financial Officer, Refining, Products, and Low Carbon Americas Trading and Shipping
Perianne Boring	Chamber of Digital Commerce	Chief Executive Officer
Darcy Bradbury	D. E. Shaw & Co.	Managing Director and Head of Public Policy
Isaac Chang	Citadel	Head of Central Execution, Global Fixed Income
Chris Childs	DTCC	Head of Repository and Derivatives Services and CEO and President, DTCC Deriv/SERV
Jason Chlipala	Stellar Development Foundation	Chief Operating Officer
Gerald Corcoran	R.J. O’Brien and Associates	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Adam Farkas	GFMA	Chief Executive Officer, GFMA and Chief Executive Officer, AFME
Scott Fitzpatrick	Tradition Group	Chief Executive Officer, TraditionSEF
Amy Hong	Goldman Sachs	Head of Market Structure and Strategic Partnerships, Global Banking and Markets
John W. Horkan	LSEG	LSEG Post Trade and LCH Group Chief Operating Officer and LCH Head of Americas
Angie Karna	Nomura	Managing Director and Head of Legal for Global Markets, Americas
Steven Kennedy	ISDA	Global Head of Public Policy
Agnes Koh	SGX Group	Chief Risk Officer
Mary-Catherine Lader	Uniswap Labs	Chief Operating Officer
Ben Macdonald	Bloomberg	Global Head of Enterprise Products and President of Bloomberg SEF LLC
Jacqueline Mesa	FIA	Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Policy
Erik Tim Müller	Eurex	Chief Executive Officer, Eurex Clearing AG
John Murphy	Commodity Markets Council	Member, Commodity Markets Council; and Global Head of Futures Division, Mizuho Americas
Joseph Nicosia	Louis Dreyfus	Global Trading Operations Officer and Head of Global Cotton Platform
Dave Olsen	FIA PTG	President and Chief Investment Officer, Jump Trading Group
Tetsuo Otashiro	JSCC	Senior Head of Global Policy and Regulation
Christopher R. Perkins	CoinFund	President
Thomas Pluta	Tradeweb	President
Sachiyo Sakemi	BlackRock	Global Head of Legal for BlackRock Global Markets Group
Thomas Sexton	NFA	President and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Smith	Virtu Financial	Senior Vice President, Global Business Development and Market Structure
Brad Tully	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Global Co-Head of Corporate Derivatives and Private Side Marketing
Thane Twiggs	Cargill	Chief Compliance Officer, Cargill Risk Management
Jason Vitale	BNY Mellon	Global Head of Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income & Equities
Stuart Williams	ICE	Chief Operating Officer
Julie Winkler	CME Group	Chief Commercial Officer
Tom Wipf	Morgan Stanley	Vice Chairman
Vadim Zlotnikov	Fidelity Investments	Head of Fidelity Institutional
Chris Zuehlke	DRW	Partner and Global Head of Cumberland

GMAC was created in 1998, and is one of five active Advisory Committees overseen by the CFTC. The others are Agricultural Advisory Committee, Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee, Market Risk Advisory Committee and Technology Advisory Committee.

GMAC’s first public meeting will be announced soon.