Douglas Harris

In September 2021, after 45 years working in the financial services industry, Doug retired as a senior adviser/managing director at Promontory Financial Group, an IBM company. At Promontory Financial Group, Doug established and co-led the firm’s derivatives practice. Immediately prior to joining Promontory, Doug was the general counsel and chief operating officer of BrokerTec Futures Exchange, the first all-electronic U.S. derivatives exchange, and BrokerTec Clearing Co., its affiliated clearinghouse. Previously he served as senior deputy comptroller for capital markets at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he was responsible for the regulation and supervision of national bank capital markets activities.

In March 2021 the Futures Industry Association inducted Doug into the Futures Industry Hall of Fame, for his “exceptional contributions to the growth and development of the futures, options, and listed derivatives industry.” The announcement of his induction can be found here on the FIA’s website. Also in 2021, the FIA profiled Doug as one of the “Black Americans Who Broke through Barriers in Finance.”  

Doug continues to be involved in the financial services industry, actively advocating for more diversity in senior management and on corporate boards. Throughout his career, Doug has focused time and energy on bettering the lives of some of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of society and on increasing diversity and inclusion in the financial services industry. He has served on the board of Career Gear, an organization that provided work and interview-appropriate clothing to disadvantaged men, and SAGE, the oldest national organization in the United States providing services to, and advocacy on behalf of, LGBTQ elders.

Doug has spoken and written extensively on DEI issues, including this article, published in 2021 by Thomson Reuters, on the business and regulatory imperative of increasing board and senior management diversity, and this article, published in the FIA’s Diverse Voices series.