Green Key Technologies, creator of workspace technology designed for financial market voice collaboration, announced it appointed Paul Christensen as its new Chief Executive Officer.
One of the industrys leading experts on global market structure issues, Christensen most recently served as Managing Director and Global Co-head of Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments team. He has been responsible for conceiving and executing a series of the industrys leading ventures.
Anthony Tassone, Green Key Co-founder and CEO since the firms inception, will assume the new role of Chief Product Officer, responsible for product innovation and development.
Christensen will operate out of the growing Green Key office in London, a strategically important time zone and customer hub, while managing the expansion of the firms offices in Chicago, New York and Singapore.
Christensen has played an active role in many of the leading market structure initiatives throughout the last 15 years, including Markit, TradeWeb, SwapClear, SwapsWire, the London Clearing House and Volbroker. He also served as Goldmans Co-Chief Operating Officer of its Global Market Structure Group.
After joining Goldman Sachs as an executive director in 2006, Christensen was promoted to managing director in 2009. He led the firms market structure-related strategy and investment opportunities, managing the markets leading global team and a large, successful portfolio.
Prior to joining Goldman, Christensen served as Global Head of Strategic Investments for Deutsche Bank. He was Co-COO at Volbroker, one of the first multi-dealer electronic trading platforms, from 2000 to 2002. He began his career as a corporate attorney in London and Sydney.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, London and Singapore, Green Key Technologies provides tadvanced voice workspace environment for firms involved in the financial markets.