George Wales has joined BTIG’s high-touch sales trading team as an equity sales trader.
Wales will be based out of London, which will see him trading pan-European stocks covering UK long-only and hedge fund clients, The TRADE has learnt.
He brings more than a decade of industry experience spanning both the buy- and sell-side to his position at the firm, and joins from Numis, now part of Deutsche Bank, where he also worked as an equity sales trader for three years.
Previously in his career, he also held similar positions at sell-side firm Winterflood Securities, as well as RBC Global Asset Management.
He began his industry career working as an analyst at Northern Trust in 2011.
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BTIG declined to comment when approached by The TRADE.
Wales’ appointment follows further hires for BTIG in recent months. In September, Alastair Mankin and Charlie Hawkesworth both joined the firm from Clear Street, to support the firm in building out its event-driven offering, as revealed by The TRADE at the time.