DriveWealth, a financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, has expanded its executive leadership team with the introduction of Barry Metzger as Chief Brokerage Officer (CBO) and appointment of Emily Chardac as Chief People Officer (CPO), according to a company statement. Metzger brings decades of experience across leadership positions in financial services, including senior roles at Charles Schwab and as CEO of optionsXpress. Chardac brings extensive experience scaling fintech and financial services organizations, most recently as Chief People Officer at OnePay.
Matti Konsala has joined Citi as an equities algo trader, based in London, Global Trading reported. Konsala has a decade of industry experience and joins Citi after more than seven years at Goldman Sachs. He was most recently vice president of equities algo strategies at the firm. Prior to this, he was an algorithmic trade support analyst at ITG.
Tradeweb Markets has appointed Sandra “Sandee” Buchanan as Chief People Officer and member of the Executive Committee. Buchanan joins Tradeweb with more than 25 years of experience in human resources and talent management. She most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer at GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset manager. Previously, she was Global Head of Human Resources for Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America and held senior HR and talent roles at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.
Fenergo has appointed Hishaam Caramanli as President and Chief Operating Officer, according to a press release. Reporting to CEO Marc Murphy, Caramanli brings deep experience in product strategy and execution. He most recently served as Group Chief Product Officer at ION Markets, overseeing product strategy and delivery across a portfolio exceeding $1 billion in revenue. Earlier in his career, Caramanli served as Global Head of UBS Neo and Global Head of Morgan Stanley Matrix, two of the industry’s most acclaimed institutional trading platforms.
Wilshire has appointed Todd Cassler as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), according to a press release. Cassler joins Wilshire with more than 20 years of experience in financial services, building and leading businesses across wealth management, asset management, and institutional advisory. Before joining Wilshire, Todd served as Chief Growth Officer and Partner at Cerity Partners, where he was a member of the firm’s Leadership Team responsible for driving enterprise growth strategy, sales, and execution.
Rimes, a provider of enterprise data management and investment intelligence solutions to the global investment community, has hired Bill Blythe as Global Head of Enterprise Data Management Sales. According to a press release, Blythe brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in financial technology and data management. Most recently, he served as Global Head of Sales, Enterprise Data Management at S&P Global Market Intelligence. In addition, Ross Allen has joined Rimes as Head of APAC.
Octaura has announced Cristina Kim is joining as Chief Financial Officer and will be responsible for overseeing financial strategy and shaping the company’s growth agenda, according to a press release. Before Octaura, Kim served as Managing Director in the Strategic Investments Group at J.P. Morgan, where she led global investment activity for the Corporate & Investment Bank.
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