Capitolis announces series of key hires following $110 million fundraiser
Following the acquisition of LMRKTS in August 2021, Capitolis onboarded several key talents to further grow its FX business.
Capitolis has announced a series of key hires and notable promotions across the New York and Tel Aviv offices following the recently announced its Series D funding, where it raised $110 million.
Lindsey Baptiste has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Droumenq has been appointed Head of Capitolis’ Ionic Product, Nancy Henderson joined as Program Structurer, Leon Leviner has taken the role of Head of FX Engineering, and Taylor King has joined as Head of Marketing for Brand, Strategy, and Operations.
Keerthan Harish also joined Capitolis as Senior Manager of Corporate Development, focused on partnerships, M&A, and strategic initiatives across the business, while Eyal Pelleg stepped into the role as Senior Manager of Strategy, tasked with driving our ongoing strategic initiatives with Product and Go-To-Market growth opportunities. Capitolis’ newly established Project Management Office will be led by Director Maria (MC) Centeio.
The technology company has grown its employee base by 50% versus the same period last year and continues scaling the business to meet customer demands and ongoing opportunities to innovate.
Capitolis’ FX business expanded following acquisition of LMRKTS
In August 2021, Capitolis closed the acquisition of LMRKTS, an industry-leading multilateral optimization and compression provider that expanded Capitolis’ optimization suite into the most complete trade compression solutions available in the market.
Following the deal, Capitolis placed a number of key talent into new roles to further the strategic growth of its FX business:
Ben Townson joins the Product team as Vice President, Head of Product Management for Compression.
Milos Marinkovic has taken on the role of Vice President, Engineering.
Sofiane Nait-Saidi joins the Capitolis Capital Labs team serving as Vice President, Quantitative Strategy.
Stephen Fanale steps into the role as Algorithm Team Lead.
Gil Mandelzis, CEO and Founder of Capitolis, said: “We are excited by the momentum in our business – and the promotion and hiring of key, strategic leaders to meet growing customer demand and innovation at Capitolis. The team remains focused on our vision to reimagine how capital markets operate. These key appointments keep raising the bar for our exceptional team, bringing the necessary experience to scale our operation to greater heights.”
Capitolis is backed by Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as J.P. Morgan, Citi, and State Street.
