Category: Executives

Tradeweb
May 31, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Tradeweb Announces Sherry Marcus as its New Head of AI

In the newly created role, Marcus will lead Tradeweb’s AI strategy, enhancing capabilities in price discovery, dealer selection and analytics for over 3,000 clients across institutional, wholesale, retail and corporate segments.  She will report to Chief Technology Officer Justin Peterson. Marcus joins from Amazon Web Services, where she led the 300-person science and data team…

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Cboe
May 29, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Cboe Global President Dave Howson to Step Down

The company revealed that Howson will step down to return to the United Kingdom to be closer to family. Following his departure, Cboe CEO Craig Donohue will assume the additional title of President. In addition, Executive Vice Presidents Cathy Clay and Chris Isaacson will expand their global leadership responsibilities as part of a broader strategic…

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Swiss Stock Exchange
May 28, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

SIX Chairman Thomas Wellauer to Stand Down at AGM in 2026

It will conclude a six-year tenure for Wellauer at the helm of the Swiss financial market infrastructure provider. He informed the Board of Directors that he will not stand for re-election, initiating a leadership transition process.  Wellauer was appointed chairman in 2020 with a mandate to position SIX for long-term strategic and operational success. Under…

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May 23, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

EXANTE: Robert Parker Appointed Head of Risk

Based in London, he will report directly to the company’s Chief Operations Officer, Zane Kotane. Parker has over 25 years of experience across market, credit, operational and liquidity risk, having held senior roles at BCS Global Markets, Sberbank CIB, Deutsche Bank, MF Global, and BGC Partners/Cantor Fitzgerald.  He began his career as an options market…

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Plus500 office
May 16, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Plus500 Hires Nick Scarf as CEO of Australian Entity

Scarf announced the move in a LinkedIn post, stating, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive Officer at Plus500 Australia!” Though Plus500 has yet to formally confirm the appointment, reports state Scarf is expected to replace Sean Murphy, who led the Australian unit for the past 10 years. Scarf…

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Swiss Stock Exchange
May 15, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

SIX Announces Executive Board Changes

Tomas Kindler has been appointed Head Exchanges and member of the Executive Board after serving in the role on an interim basis since January.  A long-standing executive at SIX, Kindler has held the role of interim Head Exchanges since January 1, 2025. He previously served as Head Operating Office Exchanges and Head x-clear, and has…

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May 13, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

ABN Amro Appoints Yorick Naeff as Head of Innovation

The move is effective 1 February 2026. Naeff, who was previously an “entrepreneur in residence” at Techleap, is currently CEO and co-founder of Dutch investment platform BUX.  He has nearly two decades of experience in the financial sector, including previous roles as a strategy consultant and senior manager at ING.  “With his strong vision and…

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May 02, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

HSBC Chairman to Retire Before the End of 2025

Tucker joined HSBC’s board in September 2017 and became Group Chairman the following month.  The bank noted in its press release that during his tenure, Tucker has overseen major strategic shifts, including the Group CEO succession and the bank’s navigation through the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has been a great honour and privilege to lead HSBC…

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