Mark Casady is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of LPL Financial. He has been instrumental in leading the company to become a multi-faceted organization, which continues to support independent financial advisors while also providing investment services to banks and credit unions and clearing services to broker/dealers at leading financial services companies.

Mr. Casady joined the firm in 2002. Before joining LPL Financial, he 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, Mr. Casady 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. He has also served on the executive committee of the Investment Company Institute board of governors.

He is currently chairman of the board of NAVA and serves on the board of directors of the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation.

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 his Bachelor of Science from Indiana University and his MBA from DePaul University. He is Series 7, 24, and 63 registered.