Texas Stock Exchange announces incoming Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Listings

Addition of Greg Ferrari and Liz Hocker further expands TXSE's roster of proven exchange veterans

DALLAS, Mar. 20, 2026 - The Texas Stock Exchange today announced Greg Ferrari will join as its chief operating officer and Liz Hocker will join as global head of listings and capital markets. Both roles will be part of TXSE's senior leadership team.

The appointments reflect TXSE's continued momentum as it makes final preparations before coming online in 2026. Backed by a record $275 million in capital from the world's largest financial institutions, TXSE has assembled an expert team with more than 1,000 years of capital markets experience and developed a world-class technology platform built for modern markets. TXSE aims to restore competition in listings and deliver an integrated offering for corporates and ETPs, while driving greater alignment, transparency, and lowering the structural costs of being public.

"Greg and Liz are highly accomplished capital markets leaders who will bring even more firepower to a team that is the most experienced ever assembled to launch an exchange," said James H Lee, founder and CEO of TXSE Group Inc. "We continue to attract the industry's best because there is wide recognition that fundamental change in our public markets is necessary and that TXSE is the vehicle to deliver it. This is a team that knows exactly what to build because they built the infrastructure we are setting out to disrupt."

Ferrari brings more than two decades of exchange operations and market structure expertise, most recently as head of North American exchange trading at Nasdaq, where he oversaw all aspects of business management and strategy for its North American cash and derivatives markets. As chief operating officer, Ferrari will oversee the day-to-day operations of the exchange, leading the teams responsible for market operations, technology infrastructure, and execution across TXSE's trading and listings platform.

"TXSE has the unique advantage of having built everything from scratch - from its technology to its operating structure - without the constraints of legacy systems, and is using that opportunity to set a new standard for our target clients," said Ferrari.

Hocker brings more than 30 years of capital markets, banking, and business operations experience, most recently as regional head of capital markets for the New York Stock Exchange, where she launched NYSE Texas in 2025. Prior to that, she served as Nasdaq's managing director for the southwestern U.S., where she guided more than 150 companies through successful IPOs representing over $117 billion in market value. As global head of listings and capital markets, Hocker will lead the Texas Stock Exchange's IPO listings business, working directly with companies and their advisors to build TXSE's issuer base and drive the exchange's go-to-market strategy across U.S. and global capital markets.

"TXSE is purpose-built to give issuers a more aligned, cost-effective, and straightforward alternative to entering the public markets - and the listings business is built to reflect that at every level," added Hocker.

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About TXSE Group Inc

TXSE Group Inc is the parent company of the Texas Stock Exchange LLC.

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) is a fully integrated, electronic, national securities exchange headquartered in Dallas. Backed by some of the largest financial institutions and liquidity providers in the world, TXSE is focused on enabling U.S. and global companies to access U.S. equity capital markets. It is on track to provide a venue to list and trade public companies and the growing universe of exchange-traded products. TXSE is a wholly owned subsidiary of TXSE Group Inc.

More information is available at www.txse.com.

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