J Christopher Giancarlo has been officially sworn in as a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Giancarlo joins the CFTC from the GFI Group, an interdealer broker based in New York, where he was executive vice president.
 
Giancarlo joined GFI in 2001 as part of the acquisition of FENICS, where he structured strategic alliances with major investment banks.
 
Prior to joining FENICS, he was a partner in the New York law firm Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, where he practiced corporate and securities law.
 
Giancarlo is a retired board member and former chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers Association, Americas. He is also founding co editor-in-chief, eSecurities: Trading and Regulation on the Internet.