Category: Executives

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March 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Companies appoint women for top roles to benefit from experience

The independent membership organisation, Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), has announced that publicly quoted companies are actively looking to appoint women to top positions to achieve a better boardroom balance and address concerns about diversity in business, as indicated by its newest research. Among quoted companies that recruited for board positions in 2017, 40% explicitly sought out…

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Admiral Markets CEO Alexander Tsikhilov
March 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Admiral Markets Chairman Alexander Tsikhilov steps down from UK board

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Admiral Markets Group Chairman and controlling shareholder Alexander Tsikhilov has stepped down from the board of the company's London-based, FCA regulated subsidiary Admiral Markets UK Ltd. Dmitri Laus, Admiral Markets Group Supervisory Board Member and Co-owner provided the following comment on the matter to LeapRate: I can confirm that Alexander…

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Chris Weston Pepperstone
March 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone hires noted IG Australia analyst Chris Weston

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime IG Australia research analyst and market strategist Chris Weston is following in the footsteps of his former boss Tamas Szabo, and has agreed to join rival FX broker Pepperstone. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate back in October, Pepperstone hired Tamas Szabo, former Australia office head of UK online…

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Diego Rotsztain Gain Capital
February 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital's Diego Rotsztain replaces IG-bound Thomas Leyhane on board of UK CFD and FX Association

Regulatory filings in the UK have disclosed that New York-based Diego Rotsztain (pictured above), EVP, Head of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary at Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has become GAIN Capital's representative on UK online trading industry body CFD & FX Association Limited. Mr. Rotsztain's appointment to the Association board effectively takes the place of Thomas…

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Tim Hughes TigerWit
February 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

China FX broker TigerWit appoints IG Group's Tim Hughes as CEO

The TigerWit Group has announced that following the acquisition of Mercor Index it has changed the business name to TigerWit Limited and appointed Tim Hughes as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with Mercor founder Simon Denham becoming Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The move brings together two former competitors, with Tim Hughes having been a longtime senior…

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February 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Olivia Blanchard in, Nicholas Lee and Frank Chapman out from LCG Board

Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc has announced some changes to its board of directors. Joining the LCG board is Olivia Blanchard, who will become a Non-Executive Director of the company, effective immediately. Olivia Blanchard has worked in a number of sectors including private banking, investment banking, asset management and institutional…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
February 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Klarna Bank AB appoints Niklas Savander to Board of Directors

Klarna Bank AB has announce the appointment of Niklas Savander to the Board of Directors with effect from Thursday 22nd of February 2018. Niklas Savander will replace Niklas Adalberth. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and co-founder of Klarna: After 13 years and many, many professional and personal milestones together, I want to thank Niklas Adalberth for his…

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Rowena Harris-Doughty Monex
February 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Rowena Harris-Doughty leaves Destek for CMO role at Spot FX dealer Monex Europe

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Rowena Harris-Doughty has left her role as Marketing Director at Retail FX broker Destek Markets, to become Marketing Manager at deliverable spot FX dealer Monex Europe. Not to be confused with either Monex Group Inc. (TYO:8698), the publicly traded Japanese FX broker or Indonesia-based PT Monex Investindo Futures, Monex Europe is…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
February 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv appoints Harry F. DiSimone to Board of Directors

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Harry F. DiSimone to its board of directors. DiSimone, 63, founded and has served as president of Commerce Advisors, Inc., a consulting and advisory services firm founded in 2008 for the retail financial services and payments industries. From 2010…

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