Category: Executives

playtech offices
July 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Susan Ball steps down from Playtech's Board

Online gaming and financial trading giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has announced yesterday that Susan Ball will be no longer part of its Board, effective 31 July 2019. According to the company, Ball will be stepping down from the Board as a Non-Executive Director to pursue new opportunities. Alan Jackson, Playtech plc's Chairman, commented on the…

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Kurt vom Scheidt joins OANDA as Chief Product Officer
July 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kurt vom Scheidt joins OANDA as Chief Product Officer

Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA just announced that industry expert Kurt vom Scheidt has joined the firm as Chief Product Officer, based in London. vom Scheidt has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, specialising in foreign exchange. Prior to OANDA, he has worked with several international…

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Payments platform Thunes names KB Teo its new CFO
June 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Payments platform Thunes names KB Teo its new CFO

The Singapore-based B2B global payments platform for emerging markets Thunes, announced that it has added KB Teo to its team as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. LeapRate reminds that back in February, TransferTo revealed a complete rebrand creating two separate companies - Thunes and DT One. Teo has more than 25 years…

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avelacom
June 20, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom names Vincent Harrison Managing Director Global Sales

Connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions provider for the financial services industry, Avelacom, announced today that it has promoted Vincent Harrison to Managing Director, Global Sales, to drive business growth and further develop Avelacom’s low latency network across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Harrison will now be reporting directly to Aleksey Larichev, CEO of Avelacom, and…

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Arik Oslerne steps down from Equiti Group
June 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Arik Oslerne steps down from Equiti Group

Equiti Group just announced that Arik Oslerne has parted ways with the company by mutual agreement. Mr. Oslerne has been the Group's COO in the UK for over 4 years and more recently the Chief Business Development Officer for the Middle East & Africa region. It is reported that he is leaving the Group to…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
June 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pico names Emma Wheeler CCO for Europe and the EMEA

Pico, a connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, just announced that they have appointed Emma Wheeler as their Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She now will be a member of the global senior executive team, reporting directly to Pico…

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cls adds three members to its board
May 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group makes a number of senior management changes

The company has appointed new Heads of BrokerTec, EBS and optimization businesses Derivatives marketplace CME Group just announced that it has made a number of senior management changes as part of the integration of the NEX Group businesses. CME completed the acquisition last November. New appointments effective this week include: John Edwards has been named…

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