Mark S. Casady

Chairman and CEO

Mark Casady is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of LPL Financial, which he has guided to become a leading financial services organization serving independent financial advisors, banks, and credit unions and providing clearing services to broker/dealers at financial services companies.

Before joining LPL Financial in 2002, Mr. Casady was managing director of the mutual fund group for Deutsche Asset Management, Americas—formerly Scudder Investments. He joined Scudder in 1994 and held roles as managing director, head of the global mutual fund group, and head of defined contribution services; he was also a member of the Scudder, Stevens, and Clark board of directors and management committee. Prior to Scudder, he held roles at Concord Financial Group as institutional sales manager and at Northern Trust as vice president of investments and head of global custody operations in its London office.

Mr. Casady is former chairman and a current board member of the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) and serves on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) board of governors. He has also served on the executive committee of the Investment Company Institute board of governors.

In 2007, Mr. Casady was named Financial Executive of the Year by DePaul University College of Commerce. He was also named one of the top 50 financial professionals by Irish American magazine in 1999 and, in 2008, was inducted into the Redefining Investment Strategy Education “Hall of Fame” by the University of Dayton.

Mr. Casady received a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University and an MBA from DePaul University. He is FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 registered.