After senior FX roles at UBS, ANZ and Barclays, Robert Malin joins FastMatch as Director of Sales for Europe

Senior level appointments in the FX industry are the order of the time as 2016 heads into its second week. Today, FinanceFeeds has been informed that Robert Malin, former Head of eFX Sales for EMEA at ANZ has joined FastMatch as Director of Sales for Europe. Mr. Malin spent almost two years at ANZ where […]

Senior level appointments in the FX industry are the order of the time as 2016 heads into its second week.

Today, FinanceFeeds has been informed that Robert Malin, former Head of eFX Sales for EMEA at ANZ has joined FastMatch as Director of Sales for Europe.

Mr. Malin spent almost two years at ANZ where he e led the build out of the eFX product in the EMEA region, and has spent 10 years in the eFX industry.

Robert Malin

Leading up to his Directorship at FastMatch, Mr. Malin had gained significant executive experience at ANZ, preceded by 1 year and 8 months at UBS as Executive Director of FX e-Commerce between 2012 and 2014.

Mr. Malin joined UBS from Barclays, where he was Director of eFX Sales for Continental Europe for 5 years and 10 months beween October 2006 and July 2012.

Going back to the late 1990s, Mr. Malin held senior executive positions with Gruppo Soges, as well as ECORYS and SIRVA before heading into the banking institutions.

At FastMatch, Mr. Malin will be based in London and will report directly to Paul Ainsworth, Global Head of Sales.

Fluent in English, Russian, Italian and French, Mr. Malin was educated at Durham University where he graduated with a BA in Modern Languages, before completing a PGCBA at University of Bradford in 2001.

His Masters degree was attained in 2002 at College of Europe in Natolin where he graduated iwth a MA in European Economic Development.

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