BlackRock Aladdin engineering head joins Optiver as global chief technology officer
New appointment previously held technology-related roles at BlackRock, E-Trade, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
New appointment previously held technology-related roles at BlackRock, E-Trade, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Individual has previously served at: Credit Agricole CIB, Standard Bank, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.
The past week saw a C-suite switch up and appointments across equities, sales trading and post-trade.
Incoming individual has previously worked at: Topeka Capital Markets, Sidoti & Company, Maybank Kim Eng Securities, Auerbach Grayson, Natixis, and Scudder Investments.
New appointments are set to help enhance buy-side access to trading opportunities.
New appointment has previously held senior positions at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities and at the Development Bank of Japan.
David Stevens, current COO of Aquis Exchange is set to take over as chief executive with immediate effect, The TRADE understands.
The past week saw appointments across trading solutions, sales trading, execution, analysis, and fixed income trading.
Both appointments bring more than 20 years’ experience to the firm, having previously held positions at Jefferies and Bank of America.
New hires include Kepler Cheuvreux’s former head of equity sales, and the ex-CEO of TD Cowen Execution Services.