Chris Hossain-Nelson parts ways with INFINOX, joins Alchemy Prime
Chris Hossain-Nelson has parted ways with London-headquartered broker INFINOX, where he worked for more than two years as its head of institutional sales.
Chris is joining Alchemy Prime provides, an FX Prime Brokerage solution that offers access to Tier-1 and Tier-2 FX liquidity venues, to lead its eFX & CFDs institutional sales. He joins the company following a distinguished career in the forex industry.
Chris brings to the role nearly three decades of experience at major industry brands, where he was mainly focused on managing e-FX institutional sales. During his time at INFINOX, he supported the growth of its IXO Prime division, which has been extending its liquidity distribution, globally as well as in the MENA region. The multi-asset liquidity solution is backed by a global trading infrastructure and offers over 300 trading instruments. Additionally, clients can access more benefits such as IXO Position Keeper, technology, white label offerings and more.
Earlier in his career, he was one of four original staff members that were responsible for launching the UK branch of SELFtrade. Having originated in France, SELFtrade simultaneously opened branches in the UK, Spain and Italy as part of their pan-European expansion and remains to this day one of the leading online brokerages in the UK.
Subsequently, he assumed the role of heading CFDs sales at Blue Index, an advisory CFD firm catering to retail investors. In this role, he supervised both the sales and trading teams. Additionally, he ventured into entrepreneurship by launching and managing his own recruitment firm for a couple of years, placing sales personnel within the FX, spread betting, and CFD sectors.
Chris spent the bulk of his career at FXCM where he climbed through the ranks in various roles. Initially, he served as the vice president of institutional sales and was later promoted to head of institutional partnerships for FX, CFDs, and spread betting. During a previous stint at FXCM, he held the position of Head of Retail Sales for over two years. In this capacity, he led a team of approximately 20 staff members and was responsible for overseeing a range of sales processes.
A three-year tenure at Global Market Index Limited, which operates under the trading name GMI UK, took his career between 2018 and 2021. There, he managed a global team responsible for FX/CFD liquidity and technology sales.
