Clear Street has named Matthew Cousens as its new managing director, head of electronic execution, EMEA.
London-based Cousens previously served as head of platform sales for Citi for two and half years from February 2020, where he covered distribution and sales across its cash equities platform.
He also brings extensive industry experience to the role, and prior to his stint at Citi, acted as head of EMEA execution sales at Barclays, as well as Credit Suisse’s co-head of AES sales for Europe from 2007 to 2020.
Additionally, following his departure from Citi he worked at BestEx Research, where he served as head of EMEA equities, driving the firm’s equities execution algorithms for US and Canadian trading.
He also pursued other opportunities, such as founding management consultancy firm, Milvus-I Consultancy.
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Cousens confirmed his new position in a social media announcement.
He said: “I’m delighted to share that I’m starting a new position as MD, Head of Electronic Execution EMEA at Clear Street! Lots to do here as we look to build on the success that Clear Street has already achieved. But with a great team coming together here in London, we have a very exciting future ahead…!”
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Cousens’ new role follows a string of recent appointments for Clear Street, including new trading and execution hires in February 2025 in a push to expand UK operations.
The new appointments saw Luke Holmes stepping into the position of managing director, sales trading, Matthew Cyzer as head of markets execution, Tarquin Orchard as global head of event-driven strategies and Phillip Hylander as managing director, execution.
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Similarly, the firm announced in April 2025 that John Levene would be joining as head of institutional to oversee the firm’s prime brokerage business, following more than 25 years at Goldman Sachs.