Nicholas Smith
HFA ROLE
- HFA Global Board of Directors
- HFA Regional Director At Large
BUSINESS TITLE/FIRM
- Managing Director & Head of Index Options Sales, Nasdaq
Nick Smith leads Nasdaq-100 Index Options (NDX®) Sales at Nasdaq working with banks, funds, brokers, platforms and allocators to develop Nasdaq’s proprietary index options business.
Originally from the Yorkshire Dales in England, Nick graduated from Aston Business School in Birmingham, England with Economics & Management first class honors.
Starting his career in London at Deutsche Boerse Group in Group Sales efforts and Eurex Fixed Income Sales (OTC clearing & exchange-traded), Nick relocated to the United States in 2018 joining FIS (Sungard) before returning to Eurex (the derivatives exchange of Deutsche Boerse Group) as VP Sales covering U.S. buy side. Nick joined
Nasdaq in 2024.