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TP ICAP Hires Mark Govoni as CEO of Agency Execution Division
TP ICAP, the market infrastructure and information provider, has appointed Mark Govoni as CEO of its Agency Execution division. Based in New York, Govoni replaces John Ruskin who, having successfully led the integration of Liquidnet into the TP ICAP Group, will step away from the business at the end of June.
Govoni joins TP ICAP from Instinet, where he served most recently as President of US Brokerage, having joined the firm in 2012. Prior to Instinet, Govoni was a Managing Director at Nomura Securities International, responsible for US Execution Services. Earlier in his career, he held senior Program and Electronic Sales trading positions at Merrill Lynch.
ADAM Appoints Eventus’ Mike Castiglione as Chair of New National Security Working Group
ADAM (The Association for Digital Asset Markets) has appointed Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets at Eventus, as Chair of its new National Security Working Group. Castiglione, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, brings broad national security experience to the role.
Building on its previous efforts in the national security space, ADAM created the working group to serve as a bridge between the public and private sectors, by acting as a go-to resource for the executive and legislative branches to interface with industry experts on blockchain national security issues.
Trading Technologies Appoints Nick Garrow as EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side
Trading software, infrastructure and data solutions vendor Trading Technologies, has appointed London-based industry veteran Nick Garrow in the newly created position of EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side. Garrow has more than 20 years of senior management experience in capital markets and prime brokerage, most recently at Societe Generale (SG) Prime Services in London, where he was Global Head of IT and Operations.
Garrow will report to TT CEO Keith Todd and will join the firm’s leadership team, leading TT’s expansion into new asset classes beyond exchange-traded derivatives, and a range of new services for the buy-side community, with the firm’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) TT platform as the foundation.
Axe Trading Appoints Greville Lucking as CEO
Fixed income trading software company Axe trading has appointed Greville Lucking as its new Chief Executive Officer. Lucking has been with the firm since 2018 in the role of Head of Customer Support & Integration.
Earlier in his career, Lucking was Chief Operating Officer of EMBonds until their acquisition by BGC Partners in 2018. He has previously held senior roles at Formicary and prior to that was with WestLB.
smartTrade Appoints Three New Managers to its Executive Leadership Team
smartTrade, the provider of electronic trading solutions, has strengthened its Executive Leadership Team with the appointment of Carine Denis as Global Head of Business Operations, Renaud Kerspern as Chief Financial Officer and Elise van der Schans as Chief Human Resources Officer.
Denis joins from Finastra where her roles included those of Regional Operating Officer and Director of Business Operations for the COO. Kerspern is a 25-year veteran of capital markets and privately-backed SaaS businesses in the enterprise software arena. Van der Schans joins from software company Trace One, where she was Vice President, HR and MIS, in charge of Cloud, IT and HR. Prior to this she held senior roles at SunGard/FIS.
Eventus Hires Nick Wallis as Managing Director, EMEA
Trade surveillance and market risk solutions vendor Eventus has appointed Nick Wallis as as Managing Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Wallis has extensive experience in financial markets, energy derivatives and technology, including 12 years at Nasdaq, where he ran its surveillance sales and account management in EMEA, having moved into surveillance after holding responsibility for the firm’s risk management solution. Earlier in his tenure, Wallis served as Director of Commodity Sales, focused on building and managing energy trading accounts.
Based in London, Wallis will report to Scott Schroeder, Global Head of Sales for Eventus.
Liquidnet Hires James Rubinstein to Head Execution and Quantitative Services, Americas
Agency broker Liquidnet has appointed James Rubinstein as Head of Execution and Quantitative Services (EQS), Americas, based in New York. Rubinstein will be responsible for setting and leading the strategic direction for Liquidnet’s EQS offering in the region, and will report directly to Rob Laible, Global Head of Equities.
Rubinstein joins Liquidnet from BNP Paribas, where he was Head of Electronic Equities Product, Americas. Earlier in his 20+ year career, he held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and UBS.
BMLL Expands US Footprint and Hires Tim Baker as Senior Adviser
Data and analytics vendor BMLL has appointed Tim Baker as Senior Adviser. Based in New York, he will be responsible for growing BMLL’s US client base, developing and implementing the company’s growth strategy in the region, in response to increasing client demand for the company’s Level 3 Data and Analytics.
Baker is a seasoned innovator, technologist and entrepreneur, with over 30 years of experience across a wide variety of disciplines, including sell side research, banking, M&A, technology, and data science. He previously held senior roles at IEX, UBS, Refinitiv and Thomson Reuters.
Pico Appoints Stacie Swanstrom as Chief Product Officer
Pico, a provider of technology services for the financial markets community, has named Stacie Swanstrom as Chief Product Officer. Following the company’s recent acquisition of Redline Trading Solutions, Swanstrom will lead Pico’s newly expanded product management team to deliver new product innovation through PicoNet, the company’s ultra-low latency global network.
Swanstrom’s experience includes 27 years at Nasdaq, where she held various executive leadership roles, including EVP, Global Corporate Solutions and Global Head of Access Services. Since leaving Nasdaq in 2019, she has been consulting in the private sector.
Eventus Hires Josh Bosquez as Chief Technology Officer
Trade surveillance and market risk solutions vendor Eventus Systems has appointed Josh Bosquez as Chief Technology Officer. Based in Frisco, TX, and reporting to CEO Travis Schwab, he will oversee the team of engineers that design and maintain the firm’s Validus platform.
Bosquez joins with 24 years of software engineering experience, including more than 20 years in leadership roles in technology innovation, cloud-native platforms, cybersecurity and compliance. Most recently, he was Chief Technology Officer at Armor Cloud Security.