Mr. Jekel is responsible for client service and new business of the EMEA region. This includes meetings with international listed companies' officials and prospects to increase their understanding of the strategic benefits of an NYSE Euronext listing and the NYSE Euronext's service initiatives. Stefan Jekel joined the New York Stock Exchange in March 2001.

Mr. Jekel, a German national, had been employed with the New York office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 through 2001. As part of Assurance and Business Advisory Services, he serviced international clients by resolving their cross-border accounting and reporting issues.

Mr. Jekel is a graduate from New York University (USA) and European Business School (Germany), who participated in exchange programs with the London Business School (UK), Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Dijon (France), and the University of California at Berkeley (USA).