John F. Deters is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer for Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe).
In this role, Deters leads corporate strategy and strategic partnerships, investments and acquisitions, product research and proprietary product development. Deters oversees the multi-asset solutions group, which encompasses index services, execution platforms and advanced information solutions offerings across the range of Cboe trading venues globally.
Prior to joining Cboe in 2013, Deters served as an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group for Barclays since 2008, and in a similar capacity for Lehman Brothers from 2006 to 2008. At both firms, he worked closely with financial services and exchange clients in developing comprehensive strategic analyses, led execution teams in domestic and international M&A transactions, and structured and executed a wide variety of corporate financing transactions.
Deters served in the Financial Institutions M&A and Corporate Law practice groups for the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom LLP, in New York, London and Frankfurt. He also worked in the Banking Regulation Division for the Institute of International Finance and for the Office of International Affairs for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Deters holds a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College, an MBA from the University of Chicago and a J.D./M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University Law Center. Deters serves on the boards of directors of Eris Exchange and Cboe Vest. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Working Group on Financial Markets.