Mr. Black joined LPL Financial in 1998, as Senior Vice President, Clearing Services. He was responsible for the implementation of self clearing. In June of 2001, he was promoted to Managing Director of Operations overseeing Operations and Trading with a staff of over 400. Mr. Black was made Chief Risk Officer in May 2006 and has responsibility for Sarbanes Oxley compliance, internal audits, and implementation of an enterprise risk management process. Before joining LPL Financial, he served for eight years as Vice President and Director of Operations for Bank of America's Investment Securities broker/dealer. He also managed Operations for Merrill Lynch, Hambrecht Quist and Van Kasper. Mr. Black attended Stockton State College in Pomona, New Jersey and holds Series 7, 24, 27, 63 securities licenses. |