Cürex names Franz Schmidpeter Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Business Development LeapRate

December 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cürex names Franz Schmidpeter Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Business Development

New York City-based institutional foreign exchange execution services and data analytics company Cürex Group has announced that Franz Schmidpeter has been promoted to Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Business Development. Mr. Schmidpeter has 25 years’ experience in the global FX markets including in proprietary trading, product development and client relations. Jamie Singleton, Cürex Group…

November 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group appoints West Corporation's Sanjay Kulkarni as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Digital Solutions

TMX Group (TSE:X) has just announced the appointment of Sanjay Kulkarni as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Digital Solutions, effective November 28, 2018. Mr. Kulkarni is an accomplished business and marketing executive with more than 18 years of experience in product development, product marketing, and commercial strategy. He joins TMX from West Corporation where…

November 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LaunchByte hires Mahsa Noble as Global Director of Growth

LaunchByte, an execution focused investment firm and startup hub, has just announced that it has hired Mahsa Noble as its Global Director of Growth. Ms. Noble spent the first decade of her career directing start up projects from the ground up both in the US and abroad, facilitating in the concept, management, and execution phases.…

November 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sucden hires UBS FX exec Kirsty Gillies to head eFX Sales

International derivatives and FX broker Sucden Financial has announced that it has appointed Kirsty Gillies as Global Head of eFX Sales, to further enhance its presence across worldwide FX markets. Kirsty Gillies basically replaces in the role Michael Davies, who recently moved to FCA regulated Prime of Prime brokerage Stater Global Markets. Sucden has lost a…

November 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Plenitude hires former Capco UK CEO Steve Vinnicombe as a Non-Executive Director

Plenitude, a niche consultancy, specialising in Financial Crime Risk and Compliance, has announced the appointment of Steve Vinnicombe, former UK CEO of Capco UK, as a Non-Executive Director to help deliver Plenitude’s ambitious growth plans to meet the challenges posed by the evolving landscape of Financial Crime compliance. The announcement follows a sustained period of…

November 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom opens new Singapore office managed by Gabriel Bassas

Global connectivity provider Avelacom has just announced that it has opened a new office in Singapore, managed by Gabriel Bassas, VP Sales for APAC. In the past year Avelacom has seen double-digit growth in new business volumes coming from the APAC region, driven by clients demanding professional-grade connectivity services between APAC venues and exchanges, and to…

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November 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nandita Parshad to lead EBRD’s new Sustainable Infrastructure team

The EBRD has just informed that it is bringing together its energy and infrastructure teams in a consolidated Sustainable Infrastructure group headed by Nandita Parshad as Managing Director. Ms Parshad is currently Managing Director for Energy and Natural Resources at the Bank and in her new role will lead the Bank’s engagement in environmental, transport…

Data intelligence firm Thasos adds Chris Metaxas to its team as CRO

November 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mainframe expands leadership team with three key new hires

Mainframe, the web3 platform for deploying secure decentralized applications, has announced three additions to the company's senior leadership team - Pete Abilla, Sarah Wiley and Blake Ferguson - that will based in the Salt Lake City, UT office. Mick Hagen, CEO of Mainframe said: I am thrilled to welcome these phenomenal individuals to Mainframe as…

Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members

November 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Nordic Board appoints new Chairman and Board members

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced the appointment of a new Chairman and two non-executive members of the Board of Nasdaq Nordic Ltd: Peter Norman, as the new Chairman, and Carl Löfgren and Merja Karhapää as Board members. Lars Wedenborn, Chairman of Nasdaq Nordic, has stepped down after serving on the Board for nine years and…

November 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

PrimeXM hires Andreas Charalambous as Head of Global Sales

Financial technology provider PrimeXM has announced that it has appointed Andreas Charalambous as its new Head of Global Sales, to work with both the sales and customer support teams and create a robust client user experience. We had reported exclusively last month that PrimeXM's (now former) head of sales Richard Bartlett had joined FX broker…

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