April 23, 2010 (FinancialWire) – MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX), the operator of an electronic trading platform for U.S. and European fixed-income securities, said that Sharon Brown-Hruska, a former commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined the company's board of directors effective April 21.

Brown-Hruska served as commissioner, from 2002-2006, and acting chairman, from 2004-2005, of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission , and also as chairman of the CFTC's technology advisory committee and as a member of the president's working group on financial markets.

She is currently a VP in the securities and finance practice of NERA Economic Consulting, a provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal and regulatory matters.

New York-based MarketAxess operates an electronic trading platform that enables investment industry professionals to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments.  The company has offices in London, Chicago and Salt Lake City.  

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