Firm Veteran of 25+ Years to Serve as InspereX President

InspereX, the tech-driven fixed income and structured investments distribution and trading firm, today announced Laura Elliott has been appointed President. Ms. Elliott will report to Scott Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of InspereX.

In this new role, Ms. Elliott will be devoted to advancing the firm’s strategic initiatives, business development, and seamless customer experiences, while nurturing and expanding senior relationships with top clients, trading platforms, regulators and key stakeholders across the industry. Ms. Elliott will oversee firmwide collaboration to identify and unlock new growth opportunities, streamline efficiencies, and will ensure the firm’s readiness for changing market conditions and regulatory environments. Previously, she served the firm as Head of Capital Markets and Co-Head of Fixed Income.

InspereX CEO Scott Mitchell said, “Laura consistently produces outstanding results that further our team, our firm, and our industry. Her contributions will be vital to our expansion plans, and I am delighted to name her President of InspereX.”

In 1999, Ms. Elliott co-founded Incapital alongside Tom Ricketts, with the vision of providing retail investors access to fixed income offerings traditionally only made available to institutional investors, while offering issuers a new, previously untapped stream of funding. This innovative vision led to the firm’s first product offering, InterNotes^® – retail corporate notes sold to individual investors in $1,000 increments – and other products followed. From a standing start, Ms. Elliott led the way in building a partner network of more than 1,000 broker-dealers, banks, and institutional investors that has distributed more than $800 billion of fixed income investments and structured products. In 2021, Incapital merged with 280 CapMarkets to form InspereX.

“I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Laura for more than 25 years,” said Mr. Ricketts, Chairman of InspereX and Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs. “She has always been at the forefront of serving our clients with access to investment opportunities. She has earned an exceptional reputation and record of achievement in our industry – from almost single-handedly building an unparalleled syndicate for our offerings in the early days to seeking out new frontiers for future business expansion. We wouldn’t be the successful, growing firm that we are today without Laura’s contributions; she is most deserving of this appointment, and we have the utmost confidence in her leadership as we usher InspereX into its bright future.”

Ms. Elliott brings to her role 35 years of experience in sales management, capital markets, strategic relationship management, distribution, marketing, and the start-up/build-out process for investment banks, brokerage firms, banks, and RIAs.

Previously, she worked at ABN AMRO as Syndicate Manager for the GMAC SmartNotes program, responsible for all dealer relationships. Before that, she served nine years with Mesirow Financial, where she held several roles in compliance, retail and institutional sales, and high-yield trading.

Ms. Elliott earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Alabama and currently serves on the executive committee of the President’s Cabinet at the university. Ms. Elliott also serves on the executive board of directors of the Bond Dealers of America (BDA) and on the BDA’s Council on Bond Market Structure. She is a long-time member of the SIFMA Retail Fixed Income Forum and is also an active member of the Women’s Syndicate Association and the Security Traders Association of Chicago.

In her free time, Ms. Elliott passionately volunteers and supports several charities in and around her community of Chesterton, Indiana.

“It is my distinct honor and privilege to serve as President of InspereX,” Ms. Elliott said. “I’ve been very fortunate to work with a devoted team of talented professionals and contribute to the firm’s growth and evolution over the years. We’ve reached an incredibly exciting juncture for the firm and I’m eager to continue our strong momentum.”

Ms. Elliott’s appointment is the latest in a string of leadership appointments at InspereX in 2025, which include Scott Mitchell being named CEO, Mark Whyman named Managing Director of Private Market Solutions, and Ira Lehrman named Chief Technology Officer.

About InspereX

InspereX was founded in 1999 by Tom Ricketts, now our Chairman as well as the Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs. We pioneered delivering innovative, institutional-quality strategies and offerings to the retail market, and we’re now an industry leader in underwriting, marketing, and distributing a wide range of fixed income investments, structured products, and ETFs. Our ground-breaking investments, distribution, education, and technology have been recognized with dozens of awards. InspereX represents more than 400 issuing entities, distributes to more than 1,500 partners, and has distributed more than $800 billion in new issue securities. The firm has seven trading desks and more than 180 employees with offices in Delray Beach, Florida; Santa Monica, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY.

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