GPFX Consultants, an international executive recruitment firm specializing in FX industry segments and applications, yesterday announced that it will launch its business in August 2014.
GPFX Consultants is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded by Oscar De La Rosa who will serve as President/CEO, Karl Montevirgen, assuming the position of Chief Strategy Officer, and Thomas Capalbo, VP of Global Operations. All three founders have worked in multiple segments of the FX industry from banking, treasury, import/export, risk management, and retail operations.
Based on their diverse operational experience, the founders of GPFX provide recruitment services to companies in multiple industries that are looking to fill FX-related positions with the guidance of FX industry professionals.
“We are experts in all sectors of the FX industry and understand the roles in and out,” says Mr. De La Rosa in a corporate statement.
“Like our motto states, we bring simplicity to a field that is complex, and can identify and bring in talent swiftly and accurately. We also have a wide array of inner connections and the ability to bring reliable, energetic and experienced individuals from within.”
North America, being a worldwide center for institutional FX due to its highly advanced and long established trading desks in Chicago and New York, has a high concentration of experienced industry professionals and therefore a dedicated search consultancy which specializes in sourcing talent for various segments of the FX industry is well placed indeed in a similar vein to the numerous FX specific and serve the retail FX business.