As the year progresses forward, we
enter the month of February in the Forex, Crypto and Fintech universe. Let’s review
the executives that have taken on new roles or new challenges in our executive
roundup of the week.
CMC Markets Connect Expands Institutional
Sales Team Hiring Johan Koo
Earlier in the week, CMC Markets Connect announced the appointment of Johan Koo as an Institutional Sales Manager. Based in Sydney, he will focus on the business of the Asia-Pacific region.
His responsibilities will be to augment the team’s sales of liquidity solutions and the new Spot FX product. These products are about to be released in the APAC region imminently.
Read more about Johan Koo’s appointment at CMC Markets.
Nasdaq Announces Retirement of Lars Ottersgård, Promotion of Jamie King and Roland Chai
Also, Nasdaq Inc announced the retirement of Lars Ottersgård, the Executive Vice President for Market Technology, after 16 years of serving leadership roles at the company.
The firm said that Ottersgård will perform an advisory role from 30 April 2022, until his formal retirement on 31 August. Thus, Nasdaq has appointed two senior leaders, Jamie King and Roland Chai, to continue driving its Anti-Financial Crime and Market Infrastructure Technology businesses, respectively.
Read more about the changes to the Nasdaq leadership here.
Temenos Appoints Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue
Officer
Temenos AG has announced the appointment of Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue Officer. This is part of the company’s efforts to strengthen its Executive Committee. He will be responsible for leading Temenos’ global Customer Operations to accelerate and scale expansion to new territories and market segments.
Read more about Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue Officer at Temenos here.
Exclusive: Rosemary Barnes Becomes New Head of Marketing at
Dxone
In an exclusive, Finance Magnates reported that Rosemary Barnes left B2Broker Group and has joined cryptocurrency exchange DXone. She already began the new role earlier on in the month. Based in Cyprus, she will be responsible for DXone’s marketing strategy, coordination of marketing function, communication to and evaluation of strategic partners.
Read more about Rosemary Barnes as the new Head of Marketing at Dxone here.
Tools for Brokers Appoints Ivan Egorov as New Global Head of
Sales
Tools for Brokers announced the appointment of Ivan Egorov as its Global Head of Sales. Egorov, a long-serving member of the firm, has been promoted to the role with the company’s new focus on acquiring market niches and growing the Trade Processor liquidity bridge.
Egorov will bring demonstrated wealth of work experience into his new role, where he will oversee the company’s global sales operations.
Read more about the appointment of Ivan Egorov as Tools for Brokers’ Global Head of Sales here.
Trust Payments Selects Eleanor Sheppard as Its Group Head of
Marketing and Communications
This week Trust Payments announced its choice of Eleanor Sheppard as its new Group Head of Marketing and Communications.
Finance Magnates reported that Sheppard has already started the new role as Group Head of Marketing and Communications. The timing of her taking on the role is when the organisation is going through some major growth, following the acquisition of Wonderlane, the retail operations leader.
Read more about Trust Payments selection of Eleanor Sheppard as Group Head of Marketing and Communications here.
Zenfinex Has Recruited Michel Chabbouh as CEO MENA to Head
Its UAE operations
Just a couple of days ago, Zenfinex announced that it recruited Michel Chabbouh as CEO MENA. Chabbouh will head the company’s UAE-based operations as the new CEO of the MENA region and has relocated to Dubai.
Read more about Michel Chabbuoh becoming the new CEO MENA as Zenfinex here.
Eleonora Christofidou Joins payabl. as Group CFO
European payments solution provider, payabl. onboarded Eleonora Christofidou as the new Group Chief Financial Officer.
Eleonora is a finance expert with almost 15 years of industry experience. She is also a Fellow Charted Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Read more about Eleonora Christofidou joining payabl. as Group CFO here.
Financial Technology Firm Storfund Recruits David Rolls to
Enhance Expansion
United Kingdom-based fintech firm, Storfund, recently announced the appointment of David Rolls as Head of Special Projects.
Storfund has expanded its team significantly in the past 12 months to drive its growth. Moreover, the company established several alliances with leading firms during the mentioned period.
Read more about David Rolls as he enhances the expansion of Storfund as Head of Special Projects here.
Exclusive Capital Appoints Elena Panagiotou as Director of
Growth
Exclusive Capital announced the appointment of Elena Panagiotou as the new Director of Growth.
Panagiotou will work closely with Exclusive Capital’s executive team, taking responsibility for managing the intersection of marketing, sales and product development, to help ensure that the company is meeting its growth metrics.
Read more about Exclusive Capital electing Elena Panagiotou as Director of Growth here.
IG Veteran Kypros Zoumidou Joins Capital.com as UK Managing
Director
Capital.com announced its appointment of Kypros Zoumidou as the new Managing Director of its United Kingdom business.
His primary role will be to accelerate the growth of the broker in the country and oversee its client diversification strategy. This appointment came after the brokerage reported a massive surge in the growth of its client numbers.
Read more about Kypros Zoumidou being recruited by Capital.com as the new UK Managing Director here.
Tradeweb Restructures its Board and Makes Changes to Its
Executive Leadership
Tradeweb announced that it has reorganised its Board and made a few changes to its executive leadership.
Lee Olesky, a co-founder of Tradeweb Markets Inc. has been elected Chairman of the Board. Until 1 January 2023, he will take on the role of CEO and Chairman, when William Hult will take over as CEO. Also, Paula Madoff has been named as Lead Independent Director.
Read more about Tradeweb restructuring its Board and executive leadership here
OpenPayd Onboards Daniel Belda as Its New Head of Product
Strategy
OpenPayd announced that Daniel Belda has been onboarded as the Head of Product Strategy.
In the new role, Belda will determine the go-to-market approach for OpenPayd’s embedded finance and BaaS product suite. Additionally, he will preside over the ongoing improvement of its services and build new fintech propositions for its wide range of clients.
Read more about Daniel Belda taking on the new role as Head of ProductStrategy at OpenPayd here.
CME Group Announces Changes in the Executive Management Team
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group has announced changes today to its management team structure as part of efforts to position the firm for long-term success.
As stated in the announcement, Sunil Cutinho has been named Chief Information Officer. Cutinho is expected to oversee the company’s enterprise technology and will replace Kevin Kometer who is set to retire mid-year. Julie Holzrichter, who has been serving as Chief Operating Officer since 2014, has been given an expanded role to oversee both global operations and the CME Clearing business.
Read more about the changes to CME Group’s Executive Management Team here.
DOJ Appoints Eun Young Choi as Head of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
The US Department of Justice announced the appointment of Eun Young Choi to lead the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), a new unit it established last year tasked with investigating crypto-related crimes.
Choi will become the NCET’s first-ever Director. Monaco made the announcement while speaking virtually at the Munich Cyber Security Conference.
Read more about the DOJ recruiting Eun Young Choi as Head of its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team here.
Binance.US Appoints Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer
Binance.US has announced the appointment of Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer.
In her new role, Weinrib will be responsible for providing high-level guidance on Binance.US’ compliance and regulatory strategies and engaging with regulators and law enforcement agencies across the US.
Read more about the appointment of Tammy Weinrib as Binance.US Chief Compliance Officer here.
Revolut Names Ibrahim Dusi as Chief Risk Officer for Americas
Revolut recently announced the appointment of Ibrahim Dusi as the company’s new Chief Risk Officer for Americas.
Dusi joins Revolut from Happy Money where he worked for nearly 8 years. During his time at Happy Money, Dusi served in different positions, including Chief Operations Officer and Chief Risk and Revenue Officer.
Read more about Ibrahim Dusi being named by Revolut as Chief Risk Officer for Americas here.
Tickmill Promotes Carla Nemr to Chief Business Development Officer
Carla Nemr has been promoted by Tickmill as the new Chief Business Development Officer. She previously held the title of Head of Global Business Development. Nemr has almost two decades of experience, working mostly in sales-related roles.
She started her career in 2001 as a Senior Sales Representative with Bidewi&Sons.
Read more about the promotion of Carla Nemr to Chief Business Development Officer at Tickmill here.
Baanx Group Has Selected Andreas Kapsos as Its Director of Brand Marketing
Baanx Group announced that it has selected Andreas Kapsos as its Director of Brand Marketing.
Kapsos brings more than twelve years of experience from the fintech industry to the new role.
Read more about Baanx Group selecting Andreas Kapsos as its new Director of Brand Marketing here.
As the year progresses forward, we
enter the month of February in the Forex, Crypto and Fintech universe. Let’s review
the executives that have taken on new roles or new challenges in our executive
roundup of the week.
CMC Markets Connect Expands Institutional
Sales Team Hiring Johan Koo
Earlier in the week, CMC Markets Connect announced the appointment of Johan Koo as an Institutional Sales Manager. Based in Sydney, he will focus on the business of the Asia-Pacific region.
His responsibilities will be to augment the team’s sales of liquidity solutions and the new Spot FX product. These products are about to be released in the APAC region imminently.
Read more about Johan Koo’s appointment at CMC Markets.
Nasdaq Announces Retirement of Lars Ottersgård, Promotion of Jamie King and Roland Chai
Also, Nasdaq Inc announced the retirement of Lars Ottersgård, the Executive Vice President for Market Technology, after 16 years of serving leadership roles at the company.
The firm said that Ottersgård will perform an advisory role from 30 April 2022, until his formal retirement on 31 August. Thus, Nasdaq has appointed two senior leaders, Jamie King and Roland Chai, to continue driving its Anti-Financial Crime and Market Infrastructure Technology businesses, respectively.
Read more about the changes to the Nasdaq leadership here.
Temenos Appoints Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue
Officer
Temenos AG has announced the appointment of Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue Officer. This is part of the company’s efforts to strengthen its Executive Committee. He will be responsible for leading Temenos’ global Customer Operations to accelerate and scale expansion to new territories and market segments.
Read more about Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue Officer at Temenos here.
Exclusive: Rosemary Barnes Becomes New Head of Marketing at
Dxone
In an exclusive, Finance Magnates reported that Rosemary Barnes left B2Broker Group and has joined cryptocurrency exchange DXone. She already began the new role earlier on in the month. Based in Cyprus, she will be responsible for DXone’s marketing strategy, coordination of marketing function, communication to and evaluation of strategic partners.
Read more about Rosemary Barnes as the new Head of Marketing at Dxone here.
Tools for Brokers Appoints Ivan Egorov as New Global Head of
Sales
Tools for Brokers announced the appointment of Ivan Egorov as its Global Head of Sales. Egorov, a long-serving member of the firm, has been promoted to the role with the company’s new focus on acquiring market niches and growing the Trade Processor liquidity bridge.
Egorov will bring demonstrated wealth of work experience into his new role, where he will oversee the company’s global sales operations.
Read more about the appointment of Ivan Egorov as Tools for Brokers’ Global Head of Sales here.
Trust Payments Selects Eleanor Sheppard as Its Group Head of
Marketing and Communications
This week Trust Payments announced its choice of Eleanor Sheppard as its new Group Head of Marketing and Communications.
Finance Magnates reported that Sheppard has already started the new role as Group Head of Marketing and Communications. The timing of her taking on the role is when the organisation is going through some major growth, following the acquisition of Wonderlane, the retail operations leader.
Read more about Trust Payments selection of Eleanor Sheppard as Group Head of Marketing and Communications here.
Zenfinex Has Recruited Michel Chabbouh as CEO MENA to Head
Its UAE operations
Just a couple of days ago, Zenfinex announced that it recruited Michel Chabbouh as CEO MENA. Chabbouh will head the company’s UAE-based operations as the new CEO of the MENA region and has relocated to Dubai.
Read more about Michel Chabbuoh becoming the new CEO MENA as Zenfinex here.
Eleonora Christofidou Joins payabl. as Group CFO
European payments solution provider, payabl. onboarded Eleonora Christofidou as the new Group Chief Financial Officer.
Eleonora is a finance expert with almost 15 years of industry experience. She is also a Fellow Charted Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Read more about Eleonora Christofidou joining payabl. as Group CFO here.
Financial Technology Firm Storfund Recruits David Rolls to
Enhance Expansion
United Kingdom-based fintech firm, Storfund, recently announced the appointment of David Rolls as Head of Special Projects.
Storfund has expanded its team significantly in the past 12 months to drive its growth. Moreover, the company established several alliances with leading firms during the mentioned period.
Read more about David Rolls as he enhances the expansion of Storfund as Head of Special Projects here.
Exclusive Capital Appoints Elena Panagiotou as Director of
Growth
Exclusive Capital announced the appointment of Elena Panagiotou as the new Director of Growth.
Panagiotou will work closely with Exclusive Capital’s executive team, taking responsibility for managing the intersection of marketing, sales and product development, to help ensure that the company is meeting its growth metrics.
Read more about Exclusive Capital electing Elena Panagiotou as Director of Growth here.
IG Veteran Kypros Zoumidou Joins Capital.com as UK Managing
Director
Capital.com announced its appointment of Kypros Zoumidou as the new Managing Director of its United Kingdom business.
His primary role will be to accelerate the growth of the broker in the country and oversee its client diversification strategy. This appointment came after the brokerage reported a massive surge in the growth of its client numbers.
Read more about Kypros Zoumidou being recruited by Capital.com as the new UK Managing Director here.
Tradeweb Restructures its Board and Makes Changes to Its
Executive Leadership
Tradeweb announced that it has reorganised its Board and made a few changes to its executive leadership.
Lee Olesky, a co-founder of Tradeweb Markets Inc. has been elected Chairman of the Board. Until 1 January 2023, he will take on the role of CEO and Chairman, when William Hult will take over as CEO. Also, Paula Madoff has been named as Lead Independent Director.
Read more about Tradeweb restructuring its Board and executive leadership here
OpenPayd Onboards Daniel Belda as Its New Head of Product
Strategy
OpenPayd announced that Daniel Belda has been onboarded as the Head of Product Strategy.
In the new role, Belda will determine the go-to-market approach for OpenPayd’s embedded finance and BaaS product suite. Additionally, he will preside over the ongoing improvement of its services and build new fintech propositions for its wide range of clients.
Read more about Daniel Belda taking on the new role as Head of ProductStrategy at OpenPayd here.
CME Group Announces Changes in the Executive Management Team
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group has announced changes today to its management team structure as part of efforts to position the firm for long-term success.
As stated in the announcement, Sunil Cutinho has been named Chief Information Officer. Cutinho is expected to oversee the company’s enterprise technology and will replace Kevin Kometer who is set to retire mid-year. Julie Holzrichter, who has been serving as Chief Operating Officer since 2014, has been given an expanded role to oversee both global operations and the CME Clearing business.
Read more about the changes to CME Group’s Executive Management Team here.
DOJ Appoints Eun Young Choi as Head of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
The US Department of Justice announced the appointment of Eun Young Choi to lead the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), a new unit it established last year tasked with investigating crypto-related crimes.
Choi will become the NCET’s first-ever Director. Monaco made the announcement while speaking virtually at the Munich Cyber Security Conference.
Read more about the DOJ recruiting Eun Young Choi as Head of its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team here.
Binance.US Appoints Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer
Binance.US has announced the appointment of Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer.
In her new role, Weinrib will be responsible for providing high-level guidance on Binance.US’ compliance and regulatory strategies and engaging with regulators and law enforcement agencies across the US.
Read more about the appointment of Tammy Weinrib as Binance.US Chief Compliance Officer here.
Revolut Names Ibrahim Dusi as Chief Risk Officer for Americas
Revolut recently announced the appointment of Ibrahim Dusi as the company’s new Chief Risk Officer for Americas.
Dusi joins Revolut from Happy Money where he worked for nearly 8 years. During his time at Happy Money, Dusi served in different positions, including Chief Operations Officer and Chief Risk and Revenue Officer.
Read more about Ibrahim Dusi being named by Revolut as Chief Risk Officer for Americas here.
Tickmill Promotes Carla Nemr to Chief Business Development Officer
Carla Nemr has been promoted by Tickmill as the new Chief Business Development Officer. She previously held the title of Head of Global Business Development. Nemr has almost two decades of experience, working mostly in sales-related roles.
She started her career in 2001 as a Senior Sales Representative with Bidewi&Sons.
Read more about the promotion of Carla Nemr to Chief Business Development Officer at Tickmill here.
Baanx Group Has Selected Andreas Kapsos as Its Director of Brand Marketing
Baanx Group announced that it has selected Andreas Kapsos as its Director of Brand Marketing.
Kapsos brings more than twelve years of experience from the fintech industry to the new role.
Read more about Baanx Group selecting Andreas Kapsos as its new Director of Brand Marketing here.
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