Mark Casady is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of LPL Financial. He has been instrumental in leading the company to become a multi faceted organization, which continues to support independent financial advisors while also providing investment services to banks and credit unions and clearing services to broker/dealers at leading financial services companies.Mr. Casady joined the firm in 2002. Before joining LPL Financial, he was managing director, mutual fund group for Deutsche Asset Management, Americas - formerly Scudder Investments. He joined Scudder Investments in 1994 and held roles as managing director; head of global mutual fund group; head of defined contribution services; and was a member of the Scudder, Stevens and Clark board of directors and management committee.Prior to that, Mr. Casady held roles at Concord Financial Group as institutional sales manager and at Northern Trust as vice president, investments and head of global custody operations in their London office. He has also served on the executive committee of the investment company institute board of governors.He currently serves on the board of Percipio Capital Management, a quantitative techniques hedge fund company. He is also a member of the investment industry committee of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay.In 2007 Mr. Casady was named Financial Executive of the Year at De Paul University College of Commerce. He was also named one of the top 50 financial professionals by Irish American magazine in 1999. Mr. Casady received his Bachelor of Science at Indiana University in 1982 and his MBA from De Paul University in 1984. He holds Series 7, 24, and 63 securities licenses. |