Vlad advises clients and internal groups on market structure issues and focuses extensively on UBS's electronic strategy, particularly on exchange and alternative venue analysis, as well as order routing decisions. He is a member of several industry committees on equity markets and electronic trading, including the NYSE Market Structure Advisory Committee, SIFMA Equity Markets & Trading Committee, and STA Trading Issues Equities Committee, and sits on the boards of BIDS Trading LP and Chi-X Global LLC. He joined UBS in 2011 from Liquidnet where he was Global Co-Head of Corporate Strategy, responsible for business development, market structure, and government relations. Vlad also holds a BA in Economics and a BS in Political Science from Rutgers University – Rutgers College. He was ranked the rising star of finance in 2011 in Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list.