Category: Executives

April 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Fortex hires Victor Hendrix from Beeks Financial Cloud as EVP Global Infrastructure Sales

Institutional FX trading solutions provider Fortex Technologies Inc has announced that Victor Hendrix has joined the company to create and lead its newest division XCLOUD. A global cloud server grid, XCLOUD offers liquidity-agnostic and broker-neutral trading Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to support all trading platforms and all bridge middleware. XCLOUD offers premium hosting and…

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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Binary Options exec Mickey Winitsky replaces Itay Gissin as CEO of Investing.com

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular financial news site Investing.com has appointed Mickey Winitsky as its new CEO. Mickey Winitsky is replacing Itay Gissin, who was brought in by Investing.com founder Dror Efrat in 2014 to take over some of the key senior management responsibilities. Mr. Efrat remains active with the company. Mickey Winitsky is…

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April 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets appoints Executive Vice Presidents in newly formed Markets Division

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the appointments of Andy Lowenthal and Bryan Harkins as Executive Vice Presidents and co-heads of the firm’s newly formed Markets Division. The new Markets Division unifies product, sales, business development and account coverage personnel across the company’s U.S. equities and options, ETP listings, global derivatives and FX…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Des Grech replaces Stephen Williams as CEO of Playtech's TradeTech Alpha

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) is continuing to reshape the management team at its financial division TradeTech Group. Most recently, Playtech has replaced the CEO at its FCA regulated arm TradeTech Alpha Limited. Leaving the company is Stephen Williams, CEO of TradeTech Alpha since the company's…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Duco hires Mireille Dyrberg from NEX Group TriOptima as COO

Duco, the data engineering technology company, has just announced that Mireille Dyrberg has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer, assuming responsibility for customer success, all administrative functions, finance and legal. Mireille Dyrberg joins from NEX Group (LON:NXG)’s TriOptima, where she was Chief Operating Officer and previously CEO of EMEA. The appointment follows a recent…

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April 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Brian Myers resigns as CEO of FX broker GKFX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Brian Myers (pictured above) has resigned his position as CEO of FCA regulated Retail FX broker GKFX Financial Services Limited. In the interim, GKFX CFO Rod Martenstyn will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer, pending regulatory approval, with immediate effect. Brian Myers joined GKFX as CEO in late 2016…

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April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX payments specialist moneycorp hires Ladbrokes' Graham Cassell as CIO

FX payments specialist moneycorp has just announced that it has appointed Graham Cassell as Chief Information Officer. Cassell will be responsible for overseeing its ongoing digital transformation, focusing on technical strategy development and system architecture and design. The appointment comes at a time of significant global expansion for moneycorp, whilst it strives to achieve a…

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April 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe adds Karim Ahmad to its executive team

Payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has announced the appointment, with immediate effect, of Karim Ahmad to the newly created role of Chief Product and Transformation Officer. The new executive role reflects Paysafe’s intensified investment in extending its products and capabilities via an integrated, global payments platform as well as its ongoing strategic drive…

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April 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Remonda Kirketerp-Møller on returning to CFH, FX liquidity, and more

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Continuing our series of interviews with some of the leading personalities in the FX world, we are pleased to speak today with Remonda Kirketerp-Møller. If the name doesn't ring a bell, her resume certainly should. Remonda joined Saxo Bank in 2003 and played a key role in developing the Legal and Compliance Department…

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