John Robbins, CFA

John Robbins, CFA has an established career leading compliance and risk management programs for some of the world’s largest financial services firms, investment advisors and mutual fund complexes.   As Chief Compliance Officer for Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) Data Services’ Registered Investment Adviser, ICE Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC, John oversees the compliance program for the company’s investment advisory evaluation services businesses.  Prior to his role with ICE, John served as M&T Bank’s Wilmington Trust Chief Compliance Officer overseeing their investment management, wealth, trust, and broker dealer compliance activities for four years. Before M&T Bank, John was Managing Director and Regional Head of Compliance, Americas for BlackRock after serving as Babson Capital Management’s Global Head of Compliance from 2009 through 2011. 

Prior to his role with Babson Capital Management, John served as the Global Head of Compliance for AIG Investments, overseeing the global compliance program and assisting the organization prepare the company for sale in 2009.  As the Regional Head of Compliance – Americas, and Chief Compliance Officer of Deutsche Asset Management’s SEC registered advisers, John also served as the Global Head of Institutional Compliance from 2005 through 2007. John joined GE in 1999 as the compliance leader for the GE Financial Assurance Investment Department and with the integration of the investment businesses, took the Chief Compliance Officer for GE Asset Management, Inc.  In this capacity, he was also the CCO for the GE Mutual Funds and GE Investment Distributors, Inc., a registered broker/dealer, until leaving for Deutsche Bank in 2005.  

Preceding GE, John worked for nine years as a Chief Compliance Officer for Pacific Capital, a registered investment advisory and hedge fund manager in Seattle, Washington.  He is a graduate of Occidental College and the holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  John maintains several securities licenses, and has served as an expert witness, securities arbiter and on several