I am about to submit a paper to a respected math journal. In this paper I solved a conjecture that was raised by a member of the editorial board of this journal (and this is one of the main reasons I choosechose this journal).
When submitting, I need to choose a member of the editorial board to handle my submission. Given his relation to this paper, is it OK if I list this person as the requested handling editor? orOr does this cause some problem?