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Douglas Harris

Managing Director

Mr. Harris advises clients in regulatory matters involving risk management, investment products, derivatives, capital markets and complex structured transactions, compliance, general corporate governance, and strategic advisory matters.

Formerly, he was the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of BrokerTec Futures Exchange, L.L.C. and BrokerTec Clearing Company, L.L.C. Before joining BrokerTec, Mr. Harris was a partner in the Regulatory Risk Services Group at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he advised commercial and investment banks, hedge funds and futures commission merchants on regulatory, compliance, risk management, derivatives and capital markets issues.

From 1993 to 1996, he held the position of Senior Deputy Comptroller for Capital Markets at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. There, he was responsible for the regulation and supervision of national bank capital markets activities, including trading, dealing and investing in derivatives and emerging markets instruments, as well as the development of risk management policies and guidelines. He also served on the Inter-Agency Task Force on Bank-Related Derivatives Activities and as senior staff member of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.

Mr. Harris received his A.B. from Harvard College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.



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