John A. Wing is a corporate and civic director and a professional investor.

He was the Frank Wakely Gunsaulus Professor of Law and Finance at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1987 to 2000.  Prior to this, he spent 17 years as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ABN-AMRO Incorporated, formerly The Chicago Corporation.  Mr. Wing joined The Chicago Corporation as its CEO in 1981 and continued to lead the firm following its merger with ABN-AMRO in January 1997.  From 1999 to 2001 he was CEO of Market Liquidity Network, L.L.C.

Mr. Wing serves as a Trustee of Columbia Acorn Funds and as a Director of First Chicago Bank and Trust and its holding company.  He is a Director of Ravinia Festival, a Director and former Chairman of the Illinois Humanities Council and a Director of Rush University Medical Center.  Mr. Wing is a Partner in Dancing Lion Partners.

After graduation from Union College in 1958 with a B.A. in Economics, Mr. Wing spent two years in the U.S. Army before taking a position with the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC).  While working as a financial analyst for the SEC, he attended George Washington University Law School and earned his J.D. in 1963.  In 2005, he received a Masters of Liberal Arts degree from the University of Chicago. 

Wing served as a trial attorney with the SEC from 1963 to 1965.  In l966, he joined Investors Diversified Services in Minneapolis as Assistant to the President.  In 1968, Mr. Wing moved to Chicago to become the Vice President and General Counsel of A. G. Becker & Co. From 1975 to 1980, Mr. Wing was President of A. G. Becker & Co., a subsidiary of The Becker Warburg Paribas Group.  During this time, Mr. Wing was Director of the Midwest Stock Exchange, Director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers. 

While at The Chicago Corporation, he served as Chairman of the Board of the North Shore Country Day School, member of the New York Stock Exchange Regional Firms Committee, Director of the Securities Industry Association, and Member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s special panel to review trading rules and practices.  He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Futures Industry Association from 1990-2000, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Futures Association from 1998-2000.  From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Wing served as Chairman of the Board of the Risk Management Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. In 2004, he was elected to the Futures Industry “ Hall of Fame.”

Contact Information:
John A. Wing
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-372-1947
Cell: 312-286-6164
Fax: 3312-372-2389
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