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Mr. Bannister is Senior Vice President and Managing Director of International Affairs and Services for NASD. In this role, he is responsible for working with international securities markets, regulators, and officials to expand the use of NASD's regulatory expertise and services around the world.
Mr. Bannister has spent his entire professional life in the securities business. He comes to NASD from ABN AMRO N.V., a prominent international bank, where he was most recently Chairman of the Wholesale Banking division in North America. He was appointed to the board of ABN AMRO U.S.A., which controlled the bank's overall U.S. operations, and was responsible for a staff of 4,000 and all product lines within the wholesale division. Prior to running the wholesale branch in the U.S., he was responsible for AMRO's Global Equities business.
Mr. Bannister began his professional career at Lazard Brothers and also worked at Alex Brown & Sons, Warburg Securities, and UBS, where he held senior management positions including head of the international sales team and head of global sales. | 