Rick Chapman is an accomplished business leader with more than three decades of experience spanning finance, technology, and clean energy. He is widely regarded for his strategic vision, ability to scale high-impact initiatives, and exceptional talent for cultivating long-standing relationships across global markets.

Mr. Chapman spent over fifteen years as a Partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he played a transformative role in the U.S. Treasury Bond market. Under his leadership, the trading desk expanded its market share from 35% to more than 70% internationally, solidifying its position as a dominant force in global fixed-income trading. He was also a driving visionary behind ESpeed, Cantor Fitzgerald’s fully electronic trading platform, contributing to its conceptualization and development—an innovation that revolutionized trading efficiency and helped usher the industry into the digital era.

In 2020, Mr. Chapman became a founding member of Big Hill, where he has been instrumental in shaping one of the world’s largest clean hydrogen projects. His deep expertise in relationship-building, coupled with his ability to align stakeholders and drive large-scale project execution, has been central to Big Hill’s emergence as a leader in next-generation energy solutions.

Across his career, Rick Chapman has built a reputation for connecting people, ideas, and capital to move complex ventures forward—whether launching new initiatives or unlocking stalled projects. His extensive network, cultivated over 30 years on Wall Street and across diverse sectors such as financial services, technology, and oil and gas, remains one of his greatest assets and continues to fuel innovation and growth in every endeavor he leads.