REDI Hires Buy- and SellSide Trio to Grow New England Business

REDI continues its growth and expansion after becoming an independent firm and leaving Goldman Sachs by hiring three industry veterans – both from the buy- and sellside.

And it’s in Boston, home of some of the U.S.’ biggest money managers.

The provider of the REDIPlus execution management system has hired a trio of executive to work in Boston location in its bid to expand business. REDI brought on Sean Graham and Roseann Hoffman Woodford, two seasoned equity trading professionals, and Jeremy Warburg, a veteran buyside software developer.

“The Boston market is an incredibly important one for us,” said Sean Sullivan, global head of sales & marketing. “We’re extremely excited to expand our team in the region with the addition of three professionals of this caliber.”

Graham, a 13 year financial market veteran, has been named head of New England sales, joined REDI from Fidelity Capital Markets, where he most recently served as a sales trader on its electronic trading desk and managed coverage for 40 institutional accounts. Prior to that, Graham worked in Merrill Lynch’s electronic equity sales organization, servicing the firm’s Boston-based institutional clients, and before that held a similar role at Archipelago, launching its Boston operations.

Woodford, also a professional with 13 years of experience, is responsible for the day-to-day coverage of REDI’s institutional clients in New England, providing support, guidance and insights derived from her half dozen years as a buyside trader. Prior to this, she was an equity trader at Pyramis Global Advisors, a unit of Fidelity. Prior to that, she also spent time on the sellside working as a sales trader on CIBC’s Boston trading desk and an Operations Manager at Detwiler Fenton. She began her career in the compliance department at the Boston Stock Exchange.

Lastly, buysider Jeremy Warburg joined as a member of the REDIPlus development team. Warburg, a Previously a developer at Hedge Fund Bridgewater Associates, he will provide Boston-area clients access to a local programming resource focused on building out the platform’s future capabilities.