John Murphy, Managing Director and Head of Futures Division, Mizuho Americas

John Murphy is a Managing Director and Head of the Futures Division for Mizuho Americas, the U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd, and a member of the global Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Americas provides capital markets and investment banking services to institutional clients, specializing in fixed income, equities, futures and mergers and acquisitions advisory. 

Mr. Murphy currently serves as a board member of the Commodity Markets Council, where he had been a member for a number of years, and also sits on the Board of Directors of the Futures Industry Association.  Mr. Murphy served for several years as a member of the CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee, and is a current member of the CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee lead by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger, as well as the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee lead by Commissioner Caroline D. Pham.