Peter Keller appointed Head of Operations & Standards

Peter Keller’s appointment to head Operations & Standards adds to the operational strength of SSPA, the Swiss Structured Products Association

Zurich, March 26, 2008. SSPA has named Peter Keller, 44, to head the previously vacant position of Head of Operations & Standards. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Keller was CEO of the virt-x trade platform and sat on the SWX Group’s group executive committee. Over the years he has amassed wide-ranging stock exchange and stock exchange management experience. He set up and managed the virt-x European stock market platform and contributed considerably to developing and implementing „Quotematch”, a derivatives trading platform. SSPA president Roger Studer made this statement: „We successfully recruited an expert of proven worth and acumen in the Swiss financial and stock exchange center and look forward to working closely together with him.”