Christopher E. Mead is Managing Director of Marketing for CME Group. He is responsible for leading the creation and delivery of targeted, integrated and customer-focused marketing campaigns that differentiate CME Group products in the marketplace.

Before joining the CME Group, Mr. Mead served as Vice President, Head of Corporate Marketing, Advertising and Business Communications for CNA Insurance. In this role, he was responsible for managing all marketing, branding and advertising activities and aligning the firm's external communications with the strategies of its core business units. He also served as Assistant Vice President, Technology and Operations Group and Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Mead served as Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Total Sports, an internet-based sports entertainment business in Raleigh, N.C. and New York. He worked as Chief Brand Strategist for brand thirty-three, a major advertising agency in the Los Angeles area and as Director of Operations for United Buyers Incorporated, also in Los Angeles and Chicago.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Keene State College in Keene, N.H. and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.