Tom Gould joins LMAX Exchange as Head of US Sales
London, 24 November 2014 – LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for FX, has appointed former Sales Director of e-FX at Bank of America, Tom Gould, to the newly created position of Head of US Sales. Tom will be responsible for driving the institutional growth of LMAX Exchange in the US, the market accounting for over 25% of global FX trading.
This appointment comes at an important time as LMAX Exchange embarks on rapid growth in the institutional and interbank client segments.
Tom’s institutional trading career spans over 25 years and includes senior roles at Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Westpac Banking Corporation, ABN Amro, Bank of Montreal, First National Bank of Chicago and Tudor Investment Corporation.
Commenting on the appointment, Patrick Bartle, Global Head of FX Strategy at LMAX Exchange said: “Tom will be a major contributor to the company’s overall growth, with responsibility for building the institutional and interbank businesses in the US. His experience and expertise in this market will be a major asset to the organisation and I look forward to working with him on further expanding the LMAX Exchange brand.”
Tom Gould commented: “I look forward to driving the US growth agenda for LMAX Exchange at a time when exchange style execution is gaining real recognition by the marketplace and the regulators as the most transparent, efficient and level playing field for trading FX.“
In 2014 LMAX Exchange was ranked UK’s No.1 fastest growing technology company in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table. With a remarkable three-year annually compounded growth of 307.8% in sales, the US represents a key market for the company as it continues to focus on the successful execution of its global growth strategy.
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About LMAX Exchange
LMAX Exchange Group is a dynamic, visionary and award-winning financial technology company. Recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing technology firms, LMAX Exchange is leading the transformation of the global FX industry to transparent, fair, precise and consistent execution. Operating one global marketplace for trading FX, metals, indices and commodities, LMAX Exchange delivers open access, transparency and a level playing field to all market participants.
LMAX Exchange Group offers all clients the ability to trade on LMAX Exchange central limit order book, driven by streaming no ‘last look’ limit-order liquidity from top tier banks and non-bank financial institutions. Servicing funds, banks, brokerages, asset managers and proprietary trading firms, LMAX Exchange offers an anonymous, regulated, rules-based trading environment, order execution in strict price/time priority, and access to real-time streaming market and trade data, enabling all market participants to control execution quality and total trading costs.
Offering a comprehensive range of instruments and ultra-low latency execution, LMAX Exchange operates a global FX exchange infrastructure with matching engines in London, New York and Tokyo.
LMAX Exchange - a unique vision for global FX.
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LMAX Exchange is a trading name of LMAX Limited, which operates a multilateral trading facility, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 509778) and is a company registered in England and Wales (number 6505809).
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