Adena Friedman, the former chief financial officer at Nasdaq OMX, has taken a similar position at private equity firm Carlyle Group. Friedman, who joined Nasdaq in 1993, oversaw many of Nasdaq’s acquisitions in recent years, including the Island ECN, OMX and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Friedman becomes the eighth female partner at Carlyle, which has 94 partners.
Bryan Christian joins Direct Edge as head of sales. In his new role at the exchange, Christian oversees new customer acquisition and the servicing of existing accounts. An industry veteran for 16 years, he arrives from Nasdaq, where he worked since 2005. There he was managing director of sales. Christian works in the Jersey City, N.J. office, and reports to Bryan Harkins, the exchange’s chief operating officer.
Jenn Goldson joins RBC Capital Markets as a vice president in electronic trading sales and trading in Toronto. Goldson, an eight-year veteran, joins from ITG, where she spent nearly three years. She reports to Tom Gaher, who heads electronic sales in Canada, and Brian Suth, who heads electronic sales in the U.S.
Walter Ferstand joins TAG, a longtime provider of trade-cost analysis, as a senior vice president of compliance and regulatory consulting services. Ferstand, a 25-year veteran, has held senior compliance positions at MF Global, where he spent five years, and Instinet, where he spent 10 years. Ferstand, who worked at Nasdaq for 10 years in operations management, will work with brokerage and exchange clients on their regulatory reporting requirements, as well as provide tools to reach that end.
Chris Jackson joins AGF Investments, a Canadian-based money manager, as chief information officer and senior vice president IT and operations. Jackson, a five-year professional, comes from Belzberg Technologies, where he spent two years as president of Canadian operations. He reports to chief operation officer Judy Golding.
Robert Garrett joins prime brokerage Merlin Securities as senior partner and chief technology officer. Garrett previously served as global head of execution services technology at Deutsche Bank. There he was responsible for order management and execution, algorithms and crossing engines across all asset classes. Prior to this, he was global head of equities electronic trading technology. Before Deutsche Bank, Garrett ran the equity derivatives trading platforms (trading and risk) for Bank of America and subsequently headed the company’s electronic trading IT organization.
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