Chris Melvin Bio

Christopher Melvin has been in involved in the capital markets for 35 years. He started his career as a Reorganization Representative for Midwest Securities Trust Company at the Chicago Stock Exchange. Between 1980 and 1986, Melvin held positions as a Clearing Surveillance Officer, Assistant Trader in Risk Arbitrage for Shatkin Investment Corp., and Managing and General Partner and Nominee for M & K Options, a Member Firm of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

In 1986, Melvin established his own trading company, Nansemond Corporation, which was a Member of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Between 1991 and 2010, he was the founder of several financial companies, including Melvin Specialists, LLC (Member, Chicago and Boston Stock Exchanges), Commonwealth Financial, LLC (Member, Boston Stock Exchange), LaSalle Capital LLC (Member, NASD, NASDAQ, and Chicago Stock Exchange), Melvin Securities (Member, FINRA) 1989- 2019, MAC Indexing LLC and Chicago River Capital LLC. Mr. Melvin has held membership in the Board of Directors of the Chicago Stock Exchange (1993 – 1996), SIFMA (2000 – 2003) and the Board of Governors of the Boston Stock Exchange (2004 – 2007). 

He currently serves as a board member of the Illinois RTA and has served as Chair of its Finance Committee.