Chris Edmonds is the President of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE). He is responsible for managing ICE’s global fixed income and data business, including pricing analytics, reference data, indices, mortgage data, desktop solutions, consolidated feeds, connectivity services and the ICE Bonds execution venues. In addition, he oversees ICE’s sustainable finance product initiatives around sustainable investing through data and analytics. In addition to his duties at ICE, he serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Financial Sector Advisory Council.

Edmonds most recently served as Chief Development Officer where he oversaw all of ICE’s clearing house operations and the global risk management team. Additionally, he coordinated the company’s marketing and public relations endeavors. He previously served as Global Head of Clearing & Risk and SVP of Financial Markets, where he oversaw the development of initiatives within ICE’s exchange listed and OTC financial markets, and President of ICE Clear Credit, ICE’s credit default swap (CDS) clearing house.

Prior to joining ICE in February 2010, Edmonds was Chief Executive Officer of the International Derivatives Exchange Group (IDCG) a clearing house for interest rate swaps. Prior to IDCG, Edmonds was the Chief Development Officer for ICAP Energy. Edmonds held a variety of positions at ICAP between 2002 and 2008, and at APB Energy between 1997 and 2002. His professional career prior to APB Energy focused on advising businesses on strategic planning in the areas of technology, sales and marketing.

Edmonds earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.