Nomura added three veteran traders to it growing equities trading desk: Jeff Haise, executive director and senior industrial trader; Tom Terzulli, executive director and senior consumer trader and Kevin Kilgallen, managing director and senior technology trader. All three report to Ciaran O’Kelly, head of Americas Equities.
Terzulli, a 19-year professional, comes from Deutsche Bank, where he spent the last six years and was the senior consumer trader. Before that he spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs. Haise, an 18-year veteran, joins after a four-year stint at Deutsche Bank, where he was a senior trader in the industrial sector. Prior to that, he spent six years at Bank of America and eight years at Goldman Sachs. Kilgallen, a 20-year pro, comes from institutional broker BTIG, where he spent the last two years as head of U.S. equity trading. Prior to that, he was head of technology trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Williams Capital Group added three new hires. Magnus Lejdstrom joins William Capital to lead the investment bank’s international equity trading operation. Lejdstrom, a 20-year market veteran, was the president and chief executive officer of Kaupthing Securities. He has built equity trading and sales teams over his career and developed new institutional client bases. Michael Constantino, an 11-year professional, joins as an international sales trader after spending two years at ESN North America. He reports to Lejdstrom. Williams also hired Paula Mahoney to “enhance the firm’s equity trading and relationship management” in its Chicago office. A buyside veteran of approximately 25 years, Mahoney is the former head of equity trading at Mellon Private Wealth Management in Pittsburgh.
Will Sullivan joins Sunrise Securities as managing director of institutional sales. Sullivan, with more than 15 years experience, previously spent eight years at Kellogg Partners. He began his career in institutional sales at Spear Leeds & Kellogg Capital Markets before moving on to Fleet Trading.
Justin Llewellyn-Jones joins technology solutions provider Fidessa as its new chief operating officer in charge of its U.S.-based operations. As COO, Llewellyn-Jones, a 17-year veteran, will oversee all operations across the U.S., in addition to his existing ongoing responsibilities as managing director of Fidessa’s U.S. hosted services business. Prior to joining Fidessa in 2005, he was director of client services at Broadridge Financial / ADP Wilco for six years. He reports to chief executive Mark Ames.
John Houlahan joins Omex Systems as chief operating officer at the provider of order and execution management systems. Houlahan, a 20-year veteran, oversees the company’s product development, strategic partnerships and sales and marketing. Prior to Omex, he spent the last seven years at QEL Systems Services, a software provider that monitors commissions and exchange fees and rebates. He reports to the board of directors at the New York-based Omex.
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