Peter C. Lee - Chief Operating Officer
Peter Lee has been in the futures and options business since high school, when he worked for Merrill Lynch on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. After college, Mr. Lee traded equity options on the CBOE, and then spent 20 years with Merrill Lynch, last serving as Co-Chairman and President of Merrill Lynch Futures. He has since been consultant/CEO for Merchants' Exchange and a consultant for the CBOE. His extensive service with industry associations, boards, and committees has included the executive committee of the Futures Industry Association; several CFTC advisory committees, including the Futures Industry Association's Chairman of the Single Stock Futures committee; the board of Broker Tec; and the board and executive committee of the CBOT. Mr. Lee holds a BS in business administration from Menlo College.

Timothy McDermott - General Counsel
Timothy McDermott comes to HedgeStreet with over seventeen years of litigation and compliance experience in the financial markets. Prior to joining HedgeStreet, Timothy was Director and Compliance Counsel with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). At the CME, He was responsible for enforcement of Exchange trade practices and conduct rules. Prior to the CME, Timothy was with Gardner, Carton & Douglas, where he was a partner for seven years and focused on financial markets litigation. Mr. McDermott earned his JD from Loyola University School of Law after graduating from the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in Accounting.