--- title: Blog - News & Insights | Adam McIlroy, CEO description: "Adam McIlroy, CEO\n\nAdam has been working in equity derivatives trading and valuation since 1998. He was a market maker at Mako Global Derivatives in listed equity options before trading volatility arbitrage strategies at Mako Investment Managers.\n\nAdam joined Totem Valuations in early 2004. Totem were subsequently bought by Markit Group that same year. Staying within the Totem service, Adam had a successful and rewarding career within Markit, overseeing OTC equity derivative valuations and data products until 2016.\n\nIn 2016 Adam left Markit to join Skylight IPV as a Co-Founder. Adam took over as CEO of Skylight in March 2023." image: https://web.skylightipv.com/hubfs/BlogFeatureImage-1.jpg --- [![Skylight Logo](https://web.skylightipv.com/hubfs/Skylight_IPV_April2023/Images/logos/skylightipv/skylight-logo-night.svg)](https://web.skylightipv.com/) - [Expertise](https://web.skylightipv.com/people) - [News & Insights](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights) - [Features](https://web.skylightipv.com/features) - [Contact us](https://web.skylightipv.com/contact) [Login](https://www.skylightipv.com/auth/login) # News & Insights EXPERT INSIGHTS FROM THE WORLD OF OTC DERIVATIVES [![](https://web.skylightipv.com/hubfs/transactiondata_featured-1.jpg)](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/trade-data-in-high-volatility) ## [A reliance on trade data during periods of high volatility](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/trade-data-in-high-volatility) ![{{ picture_of_text }} {{ content.blog_author.display_name }}](https://web.skylightipv.com/hubfs/Skylight_IPV_April2023/Images/headshots/AMc_BW.png) [Adam McIlroy, CEO](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/author/adam-mcilroy) [price verification](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/tag/price-verification) [transaction data](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/tag/transaction-data) [trade data](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/tag/trade-data) [high volatility](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/tag/high-volatility) 19 May 2023, 10:06:41 The recent push towards using market transactions to verify consensus data has been broadly... [Read more](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/trade-data-in-high-volatility) #### Popular Posts 30/11/2023 [Independent Price Verification - The Basics](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/independent-price-verification-the-basics) 15/01/2024 [Unique Product Identifier (UPI) - A new identifier for OTC derivatives](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/unique-product-identifier) 17/09/2025 [Koch Supply & Trading - A Case Study in IPV](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/koch-supply-trading-a-case-study-in-ipv) 17/10/2024 [Responses to the EBA Draft Regulatory Technical Standards](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights/eba-draft-rts-responses) ![skylight-logo-night](https://web.skylightipv.com/hubfs/Skylight_IPV_April2023/Images/logos/skylightipv/skylight-logo-night.svg "skylight-logo-night") ###### **Discover** - [Expertise](https://web.skylightipv.com/people) - [News & Insights](https://web.skylightipv.com/insights) - [Features](https://web.skylightipv.com/features) - [Contact us](https://web.skylightipv.com/contact) - [Login](https://www.skylightipv.com/auth/login) ###### **Location** 80 Coleman Street London, EC2R 5BJ, UK ###### **Connect** [+44 (0)20 8017 0900](tel:+44%20(0)20%208017%200900) [connect@skylightipv.com](mailto:connect@skylightipv.com?subject=Website%20enquiry) © Skylight IPV Ltd 2016 - 2026 | All Rights Reserved