Established buy- and sell-side participant, Stephen Grady has joined LSEG as head of open directory – community engagement and growth.
Grady brings extensive experience to his new role, and has worked extensively across the industry in dealing and trading roles for over three decades.
In 2024, he received The TRADE’s Lifetime Achievement Award at Leaders in Trading, after being nominated by several buy-side peers for his significant contribution and longstanding service to the industry.
Prior to joining LSEG, he most recently served as a strategy consultant at Tradeweb for four months.
He also held the position of head of global markets and executive vice president at Lombard Odier for more than three years, based out of Geneva.
While at Lombard Odier, he also served as a director on the Swiss Regional Committee of the International Capital Market Association.
Grady has an extensive track record in leading dealing and sales trading and spent five years as global head of trading at Legal & General Investment Management.
He also held similar positions at Barclays Wealth and Fortis Investments, and served at firms spanning Liquidnet, Powe Capital Management, ADIA and Bankers Trust Asset Management.
He began his industry career working as an FX dealer at Bank of America in Sydney in 1990.
Grady has also contributed to several industry organisations including the Fixed Income Trading Committee, the Buy-Side Trading Committee and the Foreign Exchange Working Group (FXWG) during his time working across the markets.
LSEG had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.