Eventus hires ex-Kraken Jonathan Dixon as Director of Regulatory Affairs for EMEA
Jonathan Dixon joins Eventus after serving as Kraken’s Head of Trade Surveillance where he managed a surveillance team of 13, covering both the Crypto Spot platform and Futures FCA-regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF).
Eventus has appointed Jonathan Dixon as Director of Regulatory Affairs, EMEA & MENA of the global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions.
Jonathan Dixon will work closely with clients and industry bodies to champion regulatory effectiveness to protect them from market malfeasance. Dixon is based in London and will report to Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Eventus.
Jonathan Dixon was Kraken’s Head of Trade Surveillance
The new Director of Regulatory Affairs, EMEA & MENA of Eventus brings more than 18 years of experience in financial services firms and more than nine years of experience in trade surveillance to Eventus.
He joins Eventus after serving as Kraken’s Head of Trade Surveillance where he managed a surveillance team of 13, covering both the Crypto Spot platform and Futures FCA-regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF).
At Kraken, he led the Surveillance Program which included GAP analysis and analysis of business requirements across Futures/SPOT for a leading exchange. He also guided the company strategy relating to Surveillance and cross-team projects (FIU/EDD) and worked on Vendor selection and RFP process. His role included the creation of SOP’s and documentation covering the Surveillance scope-of-work, such as the investigation SOP’s, typology threshold review process and analysis, QA policy and procedures, and company-wide training documentation.
Having focused on best-in-class trade surveillance implementation for compliance and monitoring solutions across both traditional finance and digital assets throughout his career, Jonathan Dixon will now do exactly that at Eventus.
Eventus launched Validus AML for TradFi and Digital Assets
Earlier this year, Eventus launched Validus AML (VAML), an end-to-end anti-money laundering solution to help firms in both the traditional finance and digital asset spaces combat financial crime.
Validus AML combines a signals-based approach, rules-based logic, and advanced data analytics with customizable technology for targeted, efficient results, the provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions stated.
This is the company’s first major expansion into a new sector of surveillance, complementing its widely used Validus platform for trade surveillance, risk monitoring, and algorithmic monitoring.
The Validus platform has always focused on transaction monitoring capabilities as part of trade surveillance. Now, the VAML will offer a full spectrum of powerful detection, workflow, and case management tools for current and new clients, enabling them to reduce financial and regulatory risk, identify a range of illicit financial behaviors and further streamline their use of external vendors on critical compliance functions.
