MarketAxess Names Oliver Huggins as Global Chief Risk Officer
April 16 2019 - 08:00AM
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading
electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the
provider of market data and post-trade services for the global
fixed-income markets, today announced the appointment of Oliver
Huggins as Global Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective as of April
15, 2019.
In his role, Mr. Huggins will manage the global
enterprise risk management function at MarketAxess, reporting to
Tony DeLise, Chief Financial Officer. He will also join the
company’s Global Management Team.
“Oliver brings a wealth of experience in
developing and growing risk functions within organisations. During
his time as Group Risk COO at London Stock Exchange Group, he led
the design and implementation of the risk framework across the
business,” said Tony DeLise, Chief Financial Officer of
MarketAxess. “His diverse background within financial services will
add tremendous value to our Risk function and to the continued
development and growth of our company.”
Mr. Huggins joins MarketAxess from London Stock
Exchange Group (LSEG), where he served as Chief Operating Officer,
Group Risk and Head of Financial Risk. He was responsible for
providing leadership to the Group Risk team, ensuring the
consistent application of the risk framework across all divisions
and functions. Furthermore, he was integral to the design and
implementation of the Group Risk strategy, leading the activities
of the risk function in respect of M&A activities and
coordinating group-wide responses to pressing external events.
“This is a great opportunity for me to join an
ambitious, innovative yet mature fintech company with massive
growth potential,” noted Mr. Huggins. “Having led other teams and
organizations through periods of change before, I’m excited to join
MarketAxess, and to be a part of the transformation of trading in
the global credit markets.”
At LSEG, Mr. Huggins held a number of positions
including Chief Operating Officer for the Rates Services function.
Prior to this he held a number of senior positions at large
financial institutions, including: Head of Financial Risk
Management at Prudential; Executive Director, Financial
Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs; and Senior Vice President at
JPMorgan.
About MarketAxess
MarketAxess operates a leading, institutional
electronic trading platform delivering expanded liquidity
opportunities, improved execution quality and significant cost
savings across global fixed-income markets. More than 1,500
firms - comprising the world’s leading asset managers and
institutional broker-dealers - traded a record $1.7 trillion of
U.S. investment-grade bonds, U.S. high yield bonds, emerging market
debt, Eurobonds and other fixed income securities through
MarketAxess’ patented trading technology in 2018.
MarketAxess’ award-winning Open Trading™ marketplace is regarded as
the preferred all-to-all trading solution in the global credit
markets, creating a unique liquidity pool for the broad range of
credit market participants. Drawing on its deep data and
analytical resources, MarketAxess enables automated trading
solutions and, through its Trax® division, provides a range of pre-
and post-trade services and products.
MarketAxess is headquartered in New York and has
offices in London, Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami,
Salt Lake City, San Francisco, São Paulo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
For more information, please visit www.marketaxess.com
Media Relations Contacts:Toby West (London)+44
(0) 207 709 3270twest@marketaxess.com
Kyle White (New York) +1 212 813 6355 kwhite@marketaxess.com
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