Vito Scarola has joined Kepler Cheuvreux’s KCx team as a high touch sales trader.
Based out of New York, Scarola will report to Oliver Mudie, head of sales trading, US client zone, KCx, and is set to support the firm’s continued development of its execution strategy.
Speaking to The TRADE, Chris McConville, global head of execution services and trading at Kepler Cheuvreux, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Scarola to the firm. Based in our New York office, he’ll play a key role in supporting our US and Canadian clients and in accelerating the next phase of our growth in the region.
“Reporting to Oliver Mudie in London, Scarola will work in our high touch offering and brings almost 30 years of experience, underscoring the importance of the US to our broader KCx strategy.”
Currently, the KCx team spans 14 financial hubs across the Europe and US, including offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, London, Madrid, New York and Paris.
Scarola brings extensive trading experience to his new role, and joins the firm from US investment bank Stifel, where he spent nearly three years as a trader covering European equities.
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Prior to this, he held various institutional sales trading positions at firms including Carnegie Investment Bank, Handelsbanken and Societe Generale.
Scarola has also served as an equity trader at Solstice Equity Management and Willowbridge Associates.
Earlier in his career, he spent six years as a proprietary trader at Spear, Leeds and Kellogg.
Scarola’s appointment also aligns with further high touch sales trading hires for Kepler Cheuvreux over the past year. In June 2025, Sam Dawson joined the firm to help build out the UK hedge funds business, based out of London.