Richard Kapsch is a consultant, based in Palatine, Illinois, specializing in international finance. He has spent almost forty years in the securities and futures industries, including experience Chicago Mercantile Exchange, for eleven years, and was elected to the Board of Governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he served for five years. While a member of that Board, he chaired the Foreign Currency Committee and was a member of both the Strategic Planning and Audit Committees.