Citadel Securities appoints Dublin-based client execution trader

Zeyad Elnaqa joins from UBS as Citadel Securities continues to build out its trading franchise across Dublin, New York and London. 

Citadel Securities has appointed Zeyad Elnaqa as a client execution trader in Dublin, where he is set to focus on US equities. 

Elnaqa joins from UBS, where he spent two and a half years as an electronic sales trader, based in London.

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Citadel Securities has maintained a significant presence in Dublin since 2017, when the office was first built up as a European hub. 

The appointment extends a run of hires across Citadel Securities’ institutional equities and trading franchise in recent months, spanning New York, London, and now Dublin.  

Citadel Securities had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.

In August, Cory Stockmal joined the firm’s New York institutional equities team. This appointment followed Scarlett Slevin, who joined as a systematic trader in London in June. 

Additionally, Rachel Underhill joined as a fixed income ETF sales trader in New York in December 2025. 
 

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