Penson Worldwide has appointed Diane Schueneman as independent director and member of the board's audit and compensation committees. She has previous experience with DTCC and is currently a non-executive director of ICAP, an interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services.
“We are extremely pleased to have Diane join our board,” said Roger Engemoen, chairman at Penson. “Ms. Schueneman is one of the financial industry's most esteemed technology and operations executives...She also has extensive knowledge regarding the trading and clearing of all major asset classes. In 2007, Crain’s New York Business named Ms. Schueneman as ‘one of the most powerful women of New York.”
In one of her previous roles, Schueneman served as senior vice president and head of Global Infrastructure Solutions of BAML (formerly, Merrill Lynch) from April 2006 to 2008, where she was responsible for all technology, infrastructure, client services, and operations worldwide for Capital Markets, Private Wealth and Asset Management.
Schueneman replaces David Reed, who recently resigned.
