Category: Executives

August 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daniel J. Martin joins McQueen as a Financial Analyst

Dan Martin has joined McQueen Financial Advisors as a Merger Valuation Specialist / Financial Analyst. McQueen Financial is a  provider of investment advisory services and a variety of consulting services to community-based financial institutions throughout the United States. At McQueen, Mr. Martin will be a part of the Merger Valuation Team, providing analytics frequently involving…

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August 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hotspot expands sales team with Mike Cahill’s appointment

Forex ECN Hotspot FX, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, announced Mike Cahill’s appointment to the firm’s London-based sales team. Mr. Cahill, who was previously responsible for relationship management within KCG’s FX market-making business, joins Hotspot as a Director, FX Sales, and will be responsible for covering European systematic trading and asset management firms. Based…

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August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Infosys Limited CEO Vishal Sikka resigns

Indian IT services giant Infosys Limited (NSE:INFY) just announced that has accepted the notice of resignation of Dr. Vishal Sikka as the Managing Director and CEO, effective immediately. In his notice of resignation to the Board, Dr. Sikka reiterated his belief in the great potential of Infosys, but cited among his reasons for leaving a continuous…

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August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces strategic tech hire to support growth of Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Patrick Strobel as Head of Technology for EMEA. In this newly formed role, Strobel will be responsible for building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience…

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August 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barclays appoints Citi's Barry Rodrigues as new CEO of Barclaycard International

Barclays (LON:BARC) announced it has appointed Barry Rodrigues as Chief Executive Officer of Barclaycard International. Mr. Rodrigues will be based in New York and join the Barclays International Executive Committee, reporting directly to Tim Throsby, President, Barclays International and CEO, Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr. Rodrigues joined Barclays following six years at Citi where he…

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August 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

David Flacks appointed as NZX RGC Chair

The NZX Ltd (NZE:NZX) today announced the appointment of David Flacks as the independent Chair of NZX’s Regulatory Governance Committee (RGC). Mr Flacks will replace the Committee’s current Chair, Derek Johnston, effective 1 September 2017. The term of the appointment is two years. The RGC assists the NZX Board in fulfilling its governance responsibilities in…

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August 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brian Quintenz sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S. CFTC

Brian Quintenz was officially sworn in today, after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, to serve as a Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. His term expires in April 2020. I’m deeply honored to be sworn…

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August 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Quantitative Brokers names Tony Davison Head of Sales for EMEA

Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced, dealer-neutral agency algorithms in Futures and US Cash Treasury markets just announced that Tony Davison has been named Head of Sales for EMEA. Davison moved to QB in July from his role as Chief Strategy Officer at Celer Technologies. Prior to that, he worked…

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