Executive Moves

“I am excited about the potential this offers, and look forward to building relationships and working with teams across the global business.”

“I look forward to working with our teams around the world to develop a strategic HR agenda that supports high performance and is centred on human motivation.”

NAGA Group, a provider of brokerage services, cryptocurrency platform NAGAX and neo-banking app NAGA Pay, appointed Loukia Matsia as their new Head of Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering (AML).

OKX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has seen the departure of two of its top executives, Tim Byun and Wei Lan, according to a report from CoinDesk.

Binance.US has appointed Martin Grant, a former chief compliance and ethics officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to its board of directors.

“My new role marks a new milestone for me, and I am excited to be part of a rapidly growing company redefining investing and trading. GTN’s mission resonates with my passion for harnessing technology to empower fintechs and financial institutions to foster financial inclusion.”

GCEX has appointed Katina Messinis as Sales Director for the UAE region, based at the digital brokerage’s office in Dubai. 

“Hope is an established leader with strong expertise in securities regulation, corporate governance, and regulatory affairs, making her the perfect person to lead our legal and regulatory function as we execute on our go-forward strategy.”

PayRetailers, a prominent global payment processing company, is excited to announce that Rick Castello has been appointed as the Head of Sales for North America. Rick’s key responsibilities will include spearheading the sales strategy and aiding significant enterprises in their LatAm expansion endeavors.

“It’s great to be back at a business with such a rich heritage of proactive and client-centric service and delivery.”

Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has appointed James Lee, the former chief of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigations, as its Global Head of Capacity Building.

Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced Frank Troise as the new President of Broadridge Trading & Connectivity Solutions and Vice Chairman of Broadridge Capital Markets.

Alex Grinfeld will co-head the rapidly growing futures business at Liquidnet in the Americas, together with Brian Cashin.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue has named Shruti Kohli as the new Head of International Business Development as it seeks to amplify its global partnership momentum.

“BestEx Research has a unique value proposition as a tailored and transparent end-to-end execution platform that simultaneously meets the distinct needs of both buy-side and sell-side customers.”

“I’m delighted to join GTN at an exciting time in the company’s history. I look forward to a move back to mainstream B2B and working in a region that has gained global strategic importance for financial services. GTN has a strong leadership team, a market-leading regulated product, an enviable client list, and a high-quality board of investors; the future possibilities are limitless.”

Multi-regulated brokerage firm ATFX has named Ergin Erdemir as Head of its operations in Latin America as the broker expands its reach and market share in the region.

Fintech veteran Michael Pearl has joined blockchain security firm CyVers as vice president of GTM strategy. He leaves a tenure of three years at Tel Aviv-based Kirobo, a developer of decentralized solutions, where he had served as Chief Operating Officer since 2021.

UK-based Hantec Markets, a foreign exchange (FX) and contracts-for-difference (CFD) broker, has promoted Michael O’Sullivan as Chief Technology Officer, according to information made public on his LinkedIn profile.