Robert G. Pickel
Robert G. Pickel joined Rutter Associates as an affiliate in 2015. He stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) in 2014. During his nearly 17 years with ISDA, he served over ten years as CEO in addition to the positions of executive vice chairman and general counsel. Prior to joining ISDA, Mr. Pickel was assistant general counsel in the Legal Department of Amerada Hess Corporation, an international oil and gas company, from 1991 to 1997. He has also worked at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and London, where he represented ISDA in a variety of matters. Mr. Pickel graduated from Williams College and received his law degree from New York University.