C. Thomas Richardson joins Wells Fargo Securities as a managing director and head of market structure and strategy. Richardson has spent most of his Wall Street career at Citi, where he held a number of positions in equity trading during 13 years there, from being a trader, to running the desk, to heading new business development and strategy. He advised on a number of Citi’s acquisitions, including that of Lava. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Richardson was head of global transaction services at NYFIX, where he ran its global brokerage operation, including its dark pools in the U.S. (Millennium) and Europe (EuroMillennium). Before NYFIX, he held several roles at the Boston Stock Exchange, including strategy. Richardson has served on numerous boards and committees during his 17-year career in securities.
Instinet Canada added veterans Jeff Houslander and Andrew Hill to its sales and trading desk in Toronto. They join as executive directors of electronic and program sales and trading. Both Houslander and Hill join from senior sales and trading positions with ITG Canada. Prior to joining ITG, Houslander held trading roles at Goodman & Company, National Bank and Nomura Canada. Hill, besides holding various trading and technology roles for the past eight years at ITG, spent several years at Aegon Dealer Services Canada.
Capital markets research adviser Woodbine Associates hired two industry pros for its Stamford, Conn. office. Ryan Surprenant joins Woodbine as director of sales. Surprenant was previously responsible for Aite Group’s business development efforts in the Northeast region of the U.S. and Canada. Sean Owens, who has more a decade of experience trading derivatives, joins as director of fixed income and derivatives. In his role, he will analyze strategic, business, regulatory, market structure and technology issues in the global fixed income and derivatives markets.
The International Securities Exchange made changes to its board of directors.
Joseph Sellitto, chief executive of Global Execution Brokers, an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group, joined the ISE board. Sellitto will serve as an industry director representing ISE’s electronic access members. Christianna Wood, chairwoman and member of the board of directors for the International Corporate Governance Network, also joined the ISE board. Wood will serve as a non-industry director.
In addition, Eurex chief executive Andreas Preuss, Michael Juneman, managing director of Citadel Derivatives Group and Timothy Brennan, head of automated market making at Ronin Capital, were re-elected to the ISE board. Preuss was elected to serve as ISE’s new vice chairman. Frank Jones, professor at San Jose State University, and Sarah Miller, executive director and general counsel of the ABA Securities Association, are stepping down from their roles on ISE’s board now that their terms have expired. Peter Bottini, executive vice president of trading and customer service for optionsXpress, is also retiring from the ISE board.
Jonathan Carr joins MKM Partners as a managing director and head of sales trading. Carr will also serve as a member of MKM’s operating committee. Carr previously spent seven years at Morgan Stanley & Co., most recently as a managing director, where he managed the listed sales trading department for three years. He also spent five years as a senior sales trader at JonesTrading.
State Street appointed Nick Bonn to head its securities finance business. Bonn, an 18-year veteran of State Street, managed State Street’s equity trading and transition management businesses for 17 years.
