april 21 reuters  nasdaq inc ndaqo on friday said its board appointed tal cohen and nelson griggs as copresidents formalizing the corporate structure the transatlantic exchange operator recently put in place to boost its efforts in major growth areas like antifinancial crime software with the appointments nasdaq chief executive officer adena friedman who was also appointed chair of the new yorkbased companys board on dec 19 gave up the role as president the company said tal and nelson will focus on unlocking the value of nasdaqs new organizational structure while working closely with nasdaq chair and ceo adena t friedman on advancing key strategic priorities the company said in a statement to reuters nasdaq reorganized its business units in september into three divisions market platforms which include north american and european exchange services market technology digital assets and carbon markets capital access platforms which includes indexes data and listings and antifinancial crime the antifinancial crime service was bolstered by nasdaqs recent 275 billion acquisition of fraud detection firm verafin cohen 50 heads the market platforms unit while griggs 52 leads the capital access platforms division the antifinancial crime unit is headed by nasdaq executive vice president jamie king nasdaq on wednesday reported firstquarter profits that beat wall street estimates as demand for its antifinancial crime software helped offset a hit to its indexing business and a slump in initial public offerings