Jignesh Shah is the Founder Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Technologies Group, a global leader in creating and operating technology-centric financial exchanges for stocks, commodities, currencies, and bonds among other asset classes.

Mr. Shah is often called the ‘Innovator of modern financial markets’ for his role in creating a successful public private partnership (PPP) model to build world class financial institutions. He has created modern IP-centric financial markets, which have been instrumental in changing the contours of exchange trading in India and emerging economies from Africa to Asia. Under his leadership, the Group launched MCX in 2003, which is the world’s 6th largest commodity futures exchange as per the Futures Industry Association (FIA), 2009.

The success of MCX has inspired several countries and Government entities to partner with Financial Technologies and promote various global exchanges. He is currently the Vice Chairman of MCX and SMX. These achievements have seen him feature among the 'Top 30 Global Innovators in e-finance' by Institutional Investor in 2008. He has also been listed among the 'Dominant Financial & Futures Industry Leaders for 2008' by Futures Industry Association (FIA), Washington.

M r. Shah is a recipient of the ‘Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for business transformation. He has been recognized by CLSA as one of the ‘Top 20 Indians’ who can change the face of world business and has been inducted in their Hall of Fame. He has been honored with the ‘US-India Businessman of the Year’ award and has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva, as a ‘Young Global Leader’. He has also been presented with the ‘Global Social Entrepreneur’ award by Rotary International.

Mr. Shah is deeply passionate about the role of markets in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and has launched initiatives such as ‘Gramin Suvidha Kendra’ in association with India Post and ‘Pragati’ with Rotary International to empower underprivileged communities with education and training within the Group.

• Innovator of modern financial markets through PPP model
• Instrumental in changing the contours of exchange trading in India and emerging economies
• Founder of Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) - the world’s 6th largest commodity futures exchange. Also DGCX, GBOT, IEX, BFX and SMX among others
• Ranked among the ‘Top 30 Global Innovators in e-finance’ by Institutional Investor in 2008
• Listed among ‘Dominant Financial & Futures Industry Leaders for 2008’ by Futures Industry Association (FIA), Washington