Invesco promotes head trader to lead EMEA equity trading

Promotion follows the departure of Invesco’s EMEA and APAC head of trading Paul Squires back in November 2025. 

Invesco has promoted head trader, Samuel Henderson to the role of head of EMEA equity trading.  

Henderson brings more than two decades of industry experience to his new role, and has worked across various sectors during his career, spanning program trading, equities, trading systems and electronic trading.  

He steps up to the position following the departure of Invesco’s head of trading – EMEA and APAC equities, Paul Squires in November 2025, as revealed by The TRADE at the time 

Squires had been with the firm for six and a half years, and was responsible for 31 traders across the UK, EU, and the US. 

Henderson initially joined Invesco in 2017 as head of EMEA program trading, before later being named head trader for EMEA equities in 2021.  

He has held various senior roles at firms across the world, and prior to joining Invesco, served as a trader and portfolio manager at Pointbreak Asset Management in Sydney for two years.  

He has also worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors in Sydney as a senior trader, and served as AB Bernstein’s head of electronic execution for more than five years, based out of both Hong Kong and London.  

He has previously served as a portfolio trader at ITG in London. 

Invesco declined to comment when contacted by The TRADE.  

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