Our Executive Chairman, has a proven track record as Chairman and CEO of a major publicly traded financial services company and has led multiple successful acquisitions throughout his career. Since May 2015, Mr. Casady has served as General Partner and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Vestigo Ventures (‘‘Vestigo’’), a venture capital firm he co-founded that focuses on investing in early-stage FinTech companies.

His investment thesis for Vestigo is that financial services are undergoing tremendous changes that require the industry to lower its costs and better serve clients. Vestigo backs early stage FinTech companies that can help bring these solutions to the incumbents. From August 2002 to January 2017, he held a variety of roles with LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (‘‘LPL’’) (NASDAQ: LPLA) and most recently served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, retiring as Chairman of the Board in March 2017 and as Chief Executive Officer in January 2017.

Mr. Casady guided LPL to become a leading financial services organization that serves independent financial advisors, banks and credit unions, and provides clearing services to broker-dealers at financial services companies.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Horace Mann Educators Corporation (NYSE: HMN). He was a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) from April 2014 to April 2020, where he oversaw its transition to a public company, and Jobcase, Inc. from January 2019 to July 2020, where he oversaw its sale to PSG. He currently serves as an advisor to EverQuote, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVER). He also serves on the Board of Directors of several Vestigo portfolio companies, including Kingfield Corporation, ZenLedger.io, TowerIQ and Digital Asset Data, Inc. Mr. Casady is a former member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) Board of Governors and previously served on the EZE Software Group Board of Directors during its acquisition by TPG Growth and subsequent sale to SS&C.

Additionally, Mr. Casady is treasurer of the Casady family’s One Step Forward Education Foundation, which focuses on changing the lives of children around the globe through education. He also helped found and fund the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation, which recognizes the philanthropic activity of financial advisors.