Ian Cannacott has joined Berenberg as part of the Electronic Trading and Distribution team, according to a LinkedIn post. Cannacott joins from Peel Hunt, where he served as Head of Electronic Execution from September 2025 to October 2026. Prior to Peel Hunt, he spent more than nine years at Redburn Atlantic, most recently serving as Head of Electronic Execution from February 2023 to June 2025. He initially joined Redburn in January 2016 as an Associate Partner and Electronic Sales Trader, holding the position for more than seven years before moving into the electronic execution leadership role. Announcing his appointment, Cannacott described Berenberg as an “exciting environment in which to apply my background and expertise,” citing the firm’s combination of market experience, technical innovation and broad market reach.
Domenick P. Fumai has joined Millennium as a Trader in New York, according to a LinkedIn post. Fumai joins the hedge fund from North Rock Capital Management, where he spent three years as a Senior Trader, overseeing execution across US cash equities, index futures, custom baskets and options. Prior to North Rock, he spent more than four years at Tourmaline Partners, serving as Director, Equity Trader from July 2019 to October 2023. Earlier, Fumai worked at Columbia Threadneedle Investments as a Junior Equity Trader from November 2015 to July 2019. He began his career at OppenheimerFunds, where he worked as a Product Reporting Associate in 2015.
Nasdaq has announced the appointment of Börje Ekholm to its Board of Directors. Ekholm is the former President and CEO of Ericsson, the former President and CEO of Investor AB, and a previous Chair of the Nasdaq Board of Directors. Ekholm’s appointment is effective as of November 1, 2026, and he will serve as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee. Separately, Nasdaq today announced that Holden Spaht has notified Nasdaq of his decision to resign from the Board, effective December 31, 2026. Most recently, Ekholm was the President and CEO of Ericsson.
Rothera, the CFTC-regulated event contract market, has announced seven executive hires and promotions: Saikat Bhattacharjee, Chief Risk Officer, most recently served as Principal in Model Risk Management at the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). Kevin Dan, Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer, most recently led the regulatory function at both Crypto.com Derivatives North America and Nadex. Pat DeFrancesco, Chief Technology Officer, previously served as CTO for Systematic Trading at Brevan Howard, CTO at Genesis Trading, and head of credit derivatives technology strategy at Intercontinental Exchange. Ryan Mendel, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer, was formerly CIO of LedgerX and brings more than 20 years of experience leading IT and cybersecurity functions. Hugo Nistal Gonzalez, Vice President of Product Management, previously held senior product roles at Bitvavo and Cboe Digital (formerly ErisX), helping develop exchange and clearing technology from inception to production. Jena Pollock, Associate General Counsel, joined Rothera from Underdog Sports, and Eric Schmid, Vice President and Head of Operations, previously spent over 12 years at IEX, most recently as Senior Product Manager for the IEX Options Exchange, following leadership roles in market operations.
William Blair Private Wealth Management has announced the opening of an office in Dallas with the addition of a four-person wealth advisory team led by Ryan Berube and Allen Abney, managing directors and wealth advisors. According to a press release, Berube, a CFP professional with more than three decades of experience, previously led wealth management teams at UBS, Credit Suisse, U.S. Trust, and J.P. Morgan. Abney has spent nearly two decades in financial services, previously at UBS and Credit Suisse.
Talos, a provider of institutional technology and data for digital asset trading and portfolio management, has hired Kelly Ye as Head of Research, according to a press release. Ye brings nearly two decades of experience across traditional finance and digital assets, including 14 years in traditional finance spanning research, portfolio management and product development. She held investment leadership roles in digital assets at Avenir Group and Decentral Park Capital, and research and product leadership roles at Fidelity Digital Asset Management and CoinDesk Indices. Most recently, she was building Coinbridge, a company focused on bridging the capital gap for tokenized real-world assets.
ACA Group, a governance, risk, and compliance solutions provider in financial services, has appointed Scott Collins as Chief Revenue Officer, according to a press release. Before joining ACA, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Equifax’s Financial Services vertical and Chief Commercial Officer at Billtrust and HireRight.
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