Category: Executives

FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TransferTo announces the appointment of two new senior hires

TransferTo, the global digital value services network, has announced the appointment of two new senior hires to bolster its management team as the company continues to grow and diversify its Digital Value Services business. Chris Savides joins TransferTo as the global Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for identifying new opportunities and growth markets for…

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Canadian Securities Administrators CSA
September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CSA appoints Laura Belloni as Secretary General

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced the appointment of Laura Belloni as Secretary General, effective September 17, 2018. Before taking on this role, Ms. Belloni served as Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Policy Manager at the CSA for a period of 10 years. As such, she was responsible for managing regulatory and policy development…

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alpari
September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari adds two new members to its international team

Retail Forex broker Alpari has just announced that it has added Cesar Valencia (Chile) and Renan Raminelli (Brazil) to the team of analysts at Alpari Research & Analysis Limited; one of the companies under the international Alpari brand. Cesar Valencia has been working in finance for more than 8 years. Before joining Alpari, he worked…

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David Puth to step down as CEO of CLS Group
September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

David Puth steps down as CEO of CLS Group

CLS, the market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that Chief Executive Officer David Puth has decided to step down after leading the company since 2012. Chairman Kenneth Harvey will act as interim CEO until a successor is named. Puth will remain with CLS through 30 November to ensure a…

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amana capital office
September 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Adam Toro out as CEO of Amana Capital UK

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Adam Toro has left his position as CEO and a Director of Amana Financial Services UK Limited, the FCA regulated arm of global Retail FX brokerage group Amana Capital. Adam Toro had been in his position at Amana UK less than a year, joining the company last fall from embattled…

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Pepperstone office
September 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone hires senior ASIC lawyer Peta Stead as Head of Compliance

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Melbourne based global FX brokerage group Pepperstone has hired Peta Stead as the company’s new Group Head of Compliance and Operations Risk. Peta will be responsible for the leadership of the compliance team and also provide strategic direction for the business within the context of the evolving global regulatory landscape.…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
September 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone names Diane L. Cooper to Board of Directors

Commodities and Forex broker INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) has announced that its board of directors has appointed a new director, Diane L. Cooper. Cooper retired in 2016 as an officer of General Electric. From 2009 until 2016, she served as President and CEO of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Business. The business provided customized inventory financing for…

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Nuvei completes acquisition of SafeCharge for US $889m
September 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge's intended new Chairman resigns, search on for replacement

After reporting record results for the first half of 2018 earlier today, payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that there has been something of a hiccup in the company's planned succession on its Board of Directors. Back in May SafeCharge announced that the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, Roger…

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AMF issues impersonators scam warning
September 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Maxence Delorme joins the AMF as Director of the DICS

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has informed the public that it has added Maxence Delorme to the Enforcement Assistance Department (DICS). Maxence Delorme joined the AMF on 3 September 2018 as Director of the DICS and advisor to Marie-Hélène Tric, Chairman of the Enforcement Committee, having been Deputy Public Prosecutor and Head of the…

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Ergin Erdemir ATFX
September 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ATFX UK hires Ergin Erdemir as Head of Marketing

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that global forex brokerage ATFX, which has made a number of senior hires recently in several locations around the globe, has hired former GKFX executive Ergin Erdemir to join the company's FCA regulated arm in London ATFX UK (or formally  AT Global Markets UK Limited) as Head of Marketing. As noted…

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