NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer to Keynote 2013 HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit

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Nov 07, 2013, 11:09 ET

2nd Annual event for financial literacy nonprofit expects to attract more than 1,000 delegates from over 30 countries worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Operation HOPE, the leading global financial dignity nonprofit, announced that NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer will keynote the 2013 HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit in Atlanta on November 14. As featured keynote Niederauer will share remarks from the main stage during the luncheon plenary session of the Summit.

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Niederauer has served as president and CEO of the NYSE Euronext since its merger in 2007. In his role, Niederauer has overseen the transformation of the company into an innovative, globally integrated organization with a high-tech, high-touch focus. Prior to his current position, Mr. Niederauer was president and co-chief operating officer of NYSE Euronext with responsibility for U.S. cash equities.

"NYSE Euronext is not only a symbol of the traditional model for capitalism and economic progress, but has transformed into an organization that has fully embraced the need for global integration and inclusion – the same values we share at Operation HOPE," said John Hope Bryant, Operation HOPE chairman, founder and CEO. "Duncan Niederauer has led that transformation and we are honored to have him keynote our summit this year."

Before joining NYSE Euronext in 2007, Niederauer was Managing Director and co-Head of the Equities Division Execution Services franchise at Goldman, Sachs & Co. His career at Goldman Sachs spanned 22 years. He earned an MBA from Emory University and a BA from Colgate University. He and his wife, Alison, reside in New Jersey with their three children.

In partnership with the City of Atlanta, the two-day summit, Global Economic Recovery: How The Poor Can Help Save Capitalism, will be moderated by Soledad O'Brien and frame the issue of financial inclusion, small business, entrepreneurship, jobs, and financial dignity as essential core ingredients to mid and long-term economic recovery and stability. It is expected to draw 1,000 of the most dynamic and influential financial industry professionals, government decision-makers and faith leaders from more than 50 countries around the world.

The annual HOPE Summit will serve also as the staging area for the gathering of commitments for business role models, business internships, youth entrepreneurship business grants, and other commitments for action in underserved communities.

About Operation HOPE

Since 1992, Operation HOPE has promoted financial dignity through financial literacy and education tools to underserved communities. Through its three core portfolios, the organization has provided youth and adult financial literacy, economic preparedness, digital empowerment, promoted home ownership, and assisted with foreclosure prevention to more than two million individuals, families, and small business owners. Operation HOPE is driven by a "silver rights" mission fueled by vision and idealism, HOPE strives to empower the struggling middle class through financial literacy, dignity and capital enterprise.

To learn more about Operation HOPE and the Summit, visit www.operationhope.org, follow us our Twitter, @operationhope, #HOPESummit, and like us on Facebook. To attend the live stream, please visit:

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SOURCE Operation HOPE