Meet the Team

Yossi Beinart

Chief Executive Officer and President

Yossi has over 20 years of executive management and development experience at financial and technology firms. Prior to Nadex (then HedgeStreet), he was Director of Technology at IG Group and Chief Technology Officer at Portero Inc., responsible for creating the auction system for Portero's luxury goods marketplace.

From 2000 to 2004, he was CEO and President of ShieldIP, a venture backed firm which developed a patented Digital Rights Protection solution for software and music. Prior to ShieldIP, he served as Managing Director and CIO of Investment Technology Group (NYSE: ITG), a leading provider of equity-trading services and transaction research to institutional investors and brokers.

Yossi holds a BSc in Computer Science from Hebrew University.

Debra Rabichow

Chief Operating Officer

Debra is the newest addition to Nadex, joining after successful careers as COO and Partner at Goldenberg, Hehmeyer and Co., SVP and Global Head of Clearing and Settlement at FXMarketSpace, VP of Operations at Citibank, Smith Barney, and Drexel Burnham Lambert, and most recently as an independent consultant.

Her more than 20 years of professional experience include multi-dimensional experiences in leading strategic and tactical initiatives, and the development and deployment of information technology solutions.

Timothy McDermott

General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer

Timothy joined Nadex with over 17 years of litigation and compliance experience in the financial markets, most recently as Director and Compliance Counsel with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Prior to the CME, Timothy was with Gardner, Carton & Douglas, where he was a partner for seven years and focused on financial markets litigation.

Timothy earned his JD from Loyola University School of Law after graduating from the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in Accounting.

John Collins

Director

John is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, practicing at Collins & Collins in Chicago, Illinois. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1992 through 1997, he prosecuted bank fraud, securities fraud, and other white collar crimes. In addition, John has served as general counsel for the United States Soccer Federation, Inc. and currently serves as a member of the FIFA Legal Committee.

John studied Accountancy at the University of Illinois and earned his JD from University of Chicago Law School.

Robert Kolb

Director

Robert is a Professor of Finance and the Frank W. Considine Chair of Applied Ethics in the Business School at Loyola University Chicago. His career spans almost three decades as a finance professor, and he has published more than 50 academic research articles and more than 20 books.

Robert’s books include the recent publication of the sixth edition of Understanding Futures Markets and the fifth edition of Futures, Options, and Swaps (both with James A. Overdahl).

Peter Hetherington

Director

Peter has been Chief Operating Officer and a Director of IG Group Holdings, plc in London since 2002. His role is focused on driving forward a number of significant strategic projects such as the highly successful launch of IG Group’s online financial dealing system.

Peter studied Economics at Nottingham University and has a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.