Greg Tusar has landed at KCG Holdings, the company formed by the merger Knight Capital Group and Getco, and will begin working there August 20.
As previously reported by Traders Magazine, the former Goldman Sachs executive was appointed co-head of global execution services and platforms. Tusar will work alongside Albert Maasland and he will be responsible for KCG’s sales, products and platforms globally. He departed Goldman Sachs in May.
Tusar will join the management committee and report to Daniel Coleman, chief executive officer.
Tusar brings to KCG more than 20 years of experience in trading and capital markets and is a recognized leader in electronic trading and product development. Most recently, Tusar was a partner at Goldman -, where he served as the global head of the firm’s equities electronic trading business – Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading.
Tusar joined Goldman – in 2000 when the firm acquired Spear, Leeds and Kellogg, where he was a limited partner. Previously, he spent seven years at TLW Securities, eventually as chief executive officer, and helped launch and grow the business prior to its sale to Spear, Leeds in 1999. He was named managing director at Goldman in 2003 and partner in 2008.
Getco completed its acquisition of Knight Capital July 1. Also this month, Getco Holding Company and Knight Capital Group, merged their designated market maker units on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange under one identity earlier this month.
