Edgewater Markets LLC., a global electronic currency trading business, recently launched Edgewater Digital Technologies, a new company that is establishing an institutional on-ramp for digital asset trading. As a result, Edgewater is realigning its senior operational leadership to support an organization restructuring to accelerate business strategy, new business and product creation strategy.
With over 25 years of extensive FX industry experience, Jeff Johnson joined Edgewater Markets in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2017. Then in April 2019, Jeff was appointed to the newly created role of Chief Accounting & Control Officer. Jeff has concurrently been named Chief Operating Officer at Edgewater Digital Technologies.
With the launch of Edgewater Digital, we have the currency trading experience, technology expertise and customer relationships necessary to establish itself as one of the leading platforms,” commented Jeff.
Matthew Kassel has assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer for Edgewater Markets. This change represents a significant step toward streamlining our operations in a way that will greatly enhance our ability to maximize our business. Matt has over 20 years of industry experience. In 2011, he began his career at Edgewater as Managing Director & Global Head of FX Liquidity. Then in 2018, Matt was named Global Head of FX Products. As COO, Matt’s mission is to improve the efficiency of the company.
Alessandra Bozzo, Chief Administrative & Marketing Officer of Edgewater Markets since 2016, has concurrently been appointed Chief Administrative Officer at Edgewater Digital Technologies. Alessandra was most recently Leverage support to the Core Management Information System’s Head of IT Architecture and to the Head of Engineering & Integration at Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund company in the world.
These changes represent a significant step toward streamlining our operations in a way that will greatly enhance our ability to maximize our business. This new structure will enable us to allocate resources and personnel expediently as industry conditions dictate. We are confident that our restructure will enable us to benefit from many new, extraordinary opportunities ahead, positioning Edgewater for continued success. These changes will allow us to further strengthen and expand our offering in the sector,” said Skovran Schreder, co-founder and CEO of Edgewater Markets.
The execution of Edgewater’s executive organizational restructuring strategy and our incredible talent is helping to ensure our clients seamless and direct access to FX markets throughout the world – providing our clients with optimal, efficient and low-cost FX electronic execution. I am certain that our best days lie ahead,” added Alex Scarsini, co-founder and President of the firm.