Stifel has expanded its execution services team in Europe, with the additions of Jack Harvey and Yannis Bouchakour, The TRADE can reveal.
In their new roles, Harvey will work out of London, while Bouchakour will be based out of Paris, both focusing on low-touch trading.
They will also come under the leadership of Seema Arora, managing director and head of execution services at Stifel.
Harvey joins the sell-side firm from Tavira, where he spent over three years, most recently as an equity execution trader.
In addition, Bouchakour most recently worked at Societe Generale in London for over six years, serving in roles spanning portfolio trading and electronic sales, equity financing, quantitative investment and fixed income.
Prior to this, he also worked as a financial risk analyst at Milleis Banque.
Speaking to The TRADE, Arora said: “With growing interest in both our US and EMEA execution, we have made additional hires to service our diverse range of clients. Jack and Yannis represent the next generation of quantitative talent, bringing strong technical skills that complement our experienced team and translate into sharper insights and superior execution outcomes for clients.”
The hires follow further recent expansion of Stifel’s execution services business in the last few months. In September, the firm appointed Matthew McNestry as a managing director in low-touch trading, as revealed by The TRADE at the time.
He joins from Euronext, where he spent almost five years as head of sales, global buy-side and liquidity providers.
Additionally, Darryl Willoughby joined Stifel in August from Pareto Securities, to serve as a managing director, looking after pan-European trading.