Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith

President
at
Texas Stock Exchange
Texas Stock Exchange
Biography

Cam is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of trading, regulation, compliance, and innovation. Cam began his career working in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Market Regulation. He then served as a key member of the team at Island ECN — which became part of Nasdaq — where he was general counsel and chief strategy officer. Cam was also general counsel of Instinet, a global agency broker, and chief strategy officer of its subsidiary, INET ATS. He later served as president of Quantlab Financial, a leading global, multi-asset class trading firm. Most recently, Cam was director of special projects and strategic relationships at Inca Digital. He founded the Modern Markets Initiative and was a board member of BATS, CHI-X Global, and the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. Cam holds a law degree from Seattle University.