Mark Mulhern joined the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) Board of Directors in December 2020. He also serves on the board of directors of ICE Mortgage Technology Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of ICE.

Mr. Mulhern brings more than 30 years of financial leadership and real estate experience. Mr. Mulhern served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Highwoods Properties, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust, from 2014 until his retirement on January 1, 2022.

Prior to joining Highwoods, Mr. Mulhern served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exco Resources, Inc. Prior to Exco, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Progress Energy, Inc. from 2008 until its merger with Duke Energy Corporation in 2012. During his tenure as CFO, he oversaw the enterprise risk management process and regularly communicated the management of risk to Progress Energy’s Board of Directors. Mr. Mulhern joined Progress Energy in 1996 as Vice President and Controller and served in a number of leadership roles. He started his accounting and finance career at Price Waterhouse, now known as PwC.

Mr. Mulhern currently serves on the Board of Directors of Barings BDC, Inc. and serves as an independent trustee of the Board of Trustees of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund. He also serves on the Board of Directors of two business development companies, Barings Private Credit Corporation and Barings Capital Investment Corporation. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Highwoods from 2012 to 2014 and the Board of Directors of Exco from 2010 to 2013.

Mr. Mulhern holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Chair of the Compensation Committee

Member of the Audit Committee