The leadership team, composed of staff members who manage their respective divisions, works in conjunction with the Board of Governors.

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  Marg Franklin, CFA

  President and CEO

  Chief Executive Officer, CFA Institute

  915 East High Street
  Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA

  +1 (434) 555-0000

  Member of CFA Society Toronto

  Margaret Franklin, CFA, leads CFA Institute and its more than 170,000 members worldwide in promoting the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment profession. She assumed her role in September 2019 and has more than 25 years of investment and wealth management experience.
  
  Before joining CFA Institute, Margaret led International Wealth Management for North America and was president of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Advisory Services in Canada. She also served as a board member of BNY Mellon Trust Company (Cayman). Margaret joined BNY Mellon in 2016.
  
  Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Margaret held multiple senior management positions, including president of Marret Private Wealth and COO of Marret Asset Management, a credit and hedge fund asset manager in Toronto. During that six-year tenure, Margaret had direct oversight of all aspects of the private wealth business. Prior to joining Marret, Margaret was a partner with KJ Harrison & Partners.
  
  Margaret began her career in the institutional business and has worked with pension plans, endowments, foundations, and government agencies at State Street Global Advisors, Mercer, and Barclays Global Investors.
  
  She previously served as chair of CFA Institute Board of Governors and is a former president of the CFA Society Toronto Board. She is a founding member of the CFA Institute Women in Investment Initiative, a past recipient of the Alfred C. Morley Distinguished Service Award in 2014, and a member of its Future of Finance Content Council.
  
  She is also a member of the Michael Garron Hospital Foundation Board. Margaret earned a Bachelor of Administration in Economics from McMaster University in Ontario. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Toronto.

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  James (Chris) Ainsworth

  Chief Human Resources Officer

  Employment Info, CFA Institute

  915 East High Street
  Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA

  +1 (434) 555-0000

  As Chief Human Resources Officer, Chris Ainsworth leads the Global Human Resources function and the HR team working in offices around the world. He is responsible for providing strategic leadership and counsel to the CFA Institute Leadership Team and Board of Governors.
  
  During his 20 years of success transforming and leading high performing teams across complex organizations, Ainsworth aligns the strategic HR vision to that of the organization and partners with leaders to develop high-performing, talented teams that deliver business-focused results. His HR expertise lies in the fields of organizational effectiveness, executive coaching and development, HR transformation and driving large scale, complex change.
  
  Most recently, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness at TD Bank where he was responsible for the strategy and leadership of all talent-related HR functions. Prior to TD Bank, Ainsworth served as a Senior Human Resources Business Partner with American Express and was credited for the significant role he played in successfully navigating the recent credit crisis. He has held HR leadership roles at GMAC Insurance and State Farm Insurance.
  
  Ainsworth holds a master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He has been an active volunteer in the communities in which he worked, focusing on organizations that support the elderly, LGBTQ youth, and animals.

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  Nick Pollard

  Managing Director, Asia Pacific

  23/F, Man Yee Building
  68 Des Voeux Road
  Central, Hong Kong

  As managing director of Asia Pacific, Nick Pollard oversees operations of the region, including the organization’s two fastest growing markets — China and India. He is responsible for working with all CFA Institute stakeholders, increasing the number of candidates entering and moving through the organization’s credentialing programs.

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  Kurt N. Schact, JD, CFA

  Managing Director, Advocacy

  477 Madison Avenue
  21st floor
  New York, NY 10022 USA

  Member of CFA Society New York

  As managing director of the Advocacy division, Kurt Schacht oversees development of CFA Institute regulatory policy and relations. In addition to articulating CFA Institute policy positions through global white papers and regulatory engagement opportunities in financial reporting and capital markets, Schacht serves on various regulatory advisory groups and helps lead the organization's Systemic Risk Council and Society Advocacy Advisory Council, and other policy-related initiatives. Schacht is based in New York.
  
  Prior to joining CFA Institute, Schact was general counsel and chief operating officer for WPM Asset Management, a Manhattan-based hedge fund. He was chief operating officer for the Evergreen Mutual Funds in White Plains, New York, and deputy executive officer/chief legal officer for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB). Elected chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee in April 2014, he also has served on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Standing Advisory Group, the advisory board of the Millstein Center for Global Markets at Columbia Law School, the Proxy Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, and the Expert Group for Principles for Responsible Investment of the United Nations. He currently serves as a Trustee of the IFRS Foundation in London, which oversees the IASB and the promulgation of IFRS reporting standards.
  
  Schacht holds a JD and a BS in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned the CFA charter in 1998.