Jack Linker joins 360T as Head of Bank and Hedge Fund Sales for the Americas

360T Group, Deutsche Börse Group’s powerhouse for FX and independent global provider of a multi-bank, multi-asset trading platform, has appointed Jack Linker as the Head of Bank and Hedge Fund Sales for the Americas. He will be based in New York where he reports to Matt O’Hara, CEO 360T Americas.

Jack Linker, who has a 41-year career in the FX industry, joins 360T from Thomson Reuters, New York, where he was the Head of FX liquidity Sales & Management for the Americas. His role at Thomson Reuters involved leading the regional liquidity sales and account management efforts for Wholesale, Prime Broker and B2C markets FX Spot, Forwards and OTC Derivatives.

Prior to this Linker was a Senior Vice President at Cantor Fitzgerald, New York where he developed and marketed the first screen-based Foreign Exchange Forward Brokerage business in the inter-bank market.

Matt O’Hara, CEO Americas, said: “We are very excited to welcome Jack who is a high caliber market veteran that brings a wealth of FX industry experience combined with an unparalleled depth of understanding of the bank and hedge fund markets. Jack is well positioned for leading our growth strategy across these client segments in the Americas, focusing on growing our existing business and product suite in addition to being responsible for driving the launch and subsequent adoption of our FX 2.0 CLOB and ECN initiative for OTC Trading.“