John McPartland spent much of his career designing and operating netting, clearing, and risk mitigation systems. As Senior Policy Advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, he contributes to the Federal Reserve’s position on policy issues involving clearing and netting ystems, supervisory oversight of exchange traded and OTC derivatives, international competitiveness, and regulatory reform of domestic financial markets. He has been a settlement banker, a trader, FCM executive, and deputy manager of the CME Clearing House. He has been a guest lecturer at the London School of Economics, the University of Wisconsin and the IIT Center for Financial Markets.