IEX Group has appointed Bryan Harkins as its President, Ronan Ryan as its chief operating officer (COO), and Florian Seifferer as its chief strategy officer (CSO). Before joining IEX, Harkins held roles as the EVP, Head of Markets at Cboe Global Markets overseeing equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange trading, was the President of BIDS trading, the EVP and Head of Markets at BATS Global Markets, the Chief Operating Officer of Direct Edge, and the Chief Revenue Officer of Trumid. In addition, Harkins co-founded Wall Street Rides FAR (for autism research) with his wife in 2015 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Autism Science Foundation. IEX’s Co-Founder, Ronan Ryan, previously served as Presidentn whereas Florian Seifferer previously served as COO, IEX Digital Assets.
Clear Street, a New York-based diversified financial services firm, has appointed Cory Solomon as Managing Director, Derivatives. A 20-year industry veteran, Solomon has served as Head of Portfolio Finance at Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisors, Meritage Group, and Bank of America. Charlie Dietz has joined Clear Street as Managing Director, Derivatives, after more than 30 years in equity and derivatives trading. Most recently, he was Managing Director, Head of Synthetic Equity Trading at Wells Fargo. Wim Shih was appointed Managing Director, Head of Equity Finance Algos and Automation. Shih brings 18 years of experience as a leader on global prime finance teams and joins Clear Street from TD Securities, where he provided primary global securities lending coverage for hedge funds and internal trading desks. In addition, George Jamgochian has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Capital Introduction. Jamgochian has 20 years of experience in marketing and capital introduction on the buy-side and sell-side. Prior to joining Clear Street, he was Director, Investor Relations at TIG Advisors and Vice President, Capital Introduction at Goldman Sachs.
Temenos, a banking software company, has appointed Jean-Pierre Brulard as Chief Executive Officer. Andreas Andreades will retire from Temenos after 25 years of dedicated service, including 11 years as Executive Chairman and, since January 2023, taking on the role of CEO during the Board’s extended search for a replacement. Brulard has a strong global track record in sales and commercial leadership with software, infrastructure and technology companies. He has spent the last 14 years at VMWare, a $61bn US listed Cloud Computing and Virtualization Software Company.
State Street Corporation has hired Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn to executive vice president and global head of Investor Relations. She will report to Eric Aboaf, vice chairman and chief financial officer for State Street Corporation. Lynn brings more than 20 years of investor relations and financial services experience to her new role. She joins from Citigroup where she most recently served as Managing Director and Lead Finance Officer for Citi’s Corporate and Investment Banking organization.
TP ICAP has appointed Natalie Lowenstein as global head of rates product, the DESK has reported. She has more than 25 years of industry experience, and joins TP ICAP from MarketAxess. She spent almost nine years with the company, first as an emerging markets and North America credit trading specialist before becoming emerging markets product team manager in 2020. Prior to this, Lowenstein was rates product manager at Tradeweb and spent 10 years in Deutsche Bank’s fixed income division, specialising in IRS and interest rate options.
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