CME Group’s Sunil Cutinho: ‘Setting up in Belfast was a big milestone... the teams have done wonderful things for us’

Northern Ireland’s talent pool and our time zone have powered the growth of CME Group in Belfast, writes Margaret Canning

Sunil Cutinho

Live cattle and frozen pork bellies don’t sound like they would have much in common with the world of software engineering in Belfast.

But CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Group, which started out as an exchange for trading agricultural commodities before branching out into futures and derivatives, has had a significant operation in Belfast for a decade.