Richard Morin joined Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from January 11, 2018 after following the due process prescribed under law. After acquiring 40 percent equity stake by Chinese Consortium and Self-listing of the PSX, it is being headed for the first time by a foreign national having good command of capital markets.
Richard Morin, an experienced financial markets executive, has 30 years of experience spreading across various emerging markets and in Canada. Throughout his professional career, he has contributed in various segments of financial markets including but not limited to formulation of securities markets regulation and supervision mechanisms, derivative markets, central depositories, clearing systems, government securities markets and investment advisory.
Richard Morin earned Bachelors in Economics from University of Montreal in 1982 and Masters in Business Administration from McGill University in 1988. He also passed 'Canadian Securities Course' in 1984 and 'Partners, Directors and Officers Examination' in 2000 from Canadian Securities Institute. Recently, he has also passed 'Chief Compliance Officer Examination'.
With the aim to share his vast experience and to guide young professionals, Richard Morin has served as a lecturer at Université de Sherbrooke where he taught capital market structure as part of 'Graduate Finance Programme'. As a volunteer, he acts as a mentor to assist young entrepreneurs in their early stage tech startups.
During his term at the Montreal Exchange from 1984 to 1995, he held various key positions such as Vice-President (Operations - Derivative Products), Director (Market Quality), Director (Market Development) and as a Listing Officer.-PR