CLEARCOMPRESS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Founding Partner of RAYS Capital Partners
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Amy has a deep understanding and extensive skills and experience in asset management, banking, insurance, and regulation following a career spanning more than 45 years with global players in China and South-east Asia.
Since 2011, Amy has been a founding partner of RAYS Capital Partners, a SFC registered Hong Kong based investment management company specialising in Asian capital markets. From 2006 to 2010, Amy was chief executive officer of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, where she was concurrently head of its wealth management group and previously chair of DBS asset management. Before joining DBS Bank, from 1996 to 2006, Amy held various senior positions at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. In Amy's early career she worked for a number of leading global financial institutions including the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, going on to hold senior appointments at Rothschild Asset Management and Citibank Private Bank.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Director
- CEO, Energy & Commodities
Andrew Polydor was appointed CEO of Energy & Commodities in 2016.
Andrew Polydor was appointed CEO of Energy & Commodities in 2016.
Andrew brings significant markets experience and expertise to the position, fostered over two decades at the forefront of pioneering broking services. He began his career in Financial Markets in 1982 before moving on to set up Prebon Energy Sydney in the late 1990s, building it to become the premier broker in the Australian power market. He also established Prebon Environmental Consultancy Services, a pioneer in the carbon markets.
Andrew later transferred to London to run Prebon's growing energy business in Europe and was promoted to the position of Global Head of E&C at Tullett Prebon in 2008, becoming CEO of E&C in 2016. Over the 12 years he has led the division, Andrew has successfully built it into the world's largest E&C brokerage.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Director
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Angela, a chartered accountant, was a Partner specialising in financial services at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 20 years, during which time she led the Insurance and Investment Management Division. She has previously served in Non-executive Director roles at Beazley plc, Swinton Group Limited, Openwork Holdings, and River and Mercantile Group plc.
Angela brings substantial experience to the Board, both from her executive career, as well as from her other Non-executive Director roles in financial services.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CEO of Global Broking
Daniel Fields was appointed CEO of Global Broking in June 2022.
Daniel Fields was appointed CEO of Global Broking in June 2022. Daniel has worked in capital markets for over 25 years. His experience includes the role of Global Head of Markets at Société Générale, having previously served as Global Head of Trading and Global Head of Sales in its Global Banking and Investor Solutions division. He joined TP ICAP from Altero Capital Partners, where he focused on strategic advisory and capital markets.
Job Titles:
- Head of Investor Relations
Job Titles:
- Director
- Group Head of Strategy
Joanna Nader was appointed Group Head of Strategy on 16 October 2019. She has extensive experience in commercial/corporate banking, risk management, investment banking and private equity.
Immediately prior to joining TP ICAP, Joanna was a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets, where she was Head of Diversified/Specialty Financials Research, covering a number of financial companies, including TP ICAP, and the exchange groups.
Previous to RBC, Joanna spent nearly 10 years as the Chief Investment Officer of JRJ Group, a private equity firm focused on financial services. She also worked at Lehman Brothers, holding roles including Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO Europe, Middle East & Asia.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Director
- Senior Independent Director
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Kath Cates was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2021. She is Chair of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations & Governance Committees.
Kath was previously Global COO, Wholesale Banking for Standard Chartered Bank plc. Prior to that Kath spent over 20 years at UBS in a variety of senior roles including Global Head of Compliance. Kath was previously a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of Brewin Dolphin Holdings plc, and a Non-executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of RSA Insurance Group plc.
Mark Govoni was appointed CEO of Liquidnet in April 2022.
Mark Govoni was appointed CEO of Liquidnet in April 2022. Govoni joined TP ICAP from Instinet, a firm he joined in 2012 and where he served most recently as President of U.S. Brokerage, having previously held the role of Head of U.S. Sales Trading. Prior to Instinet, Govoni was a Managing Director at Nomura Securities International, responsible for U.S. Execution Services. Earlier in his career, he held senior Programme and Electronic Sales trading positions at Merrill Lynch.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Mark Hemsley was appointed to the Board on 16 March 2020 and is a member of the Risk and Nominations and Governance Committees.
Mark is able to draw on his extensive experience of capital markets and exchanges from a long, executive career in the industry. His knowledge of large scale technology infrastructure, operations and oversight of operational transformation in several international exchanges and trading platforms are invaluable to the Board. As Workforce Engagement Director his perspective enables him to bring the views of employees in the EMEA region to Board discussions.
Until his retirement in early 2020, Mark was President of Cboe Europe. Previous roles include: Chief Executive Officer at Bats Global Markets; Managing Director, Market Solutions at LIFFE; and Director Global Technology at Deutsche Bank GCI. He has also served as a Board member and member of the Audit Committee of EuroCCP NV and was a member of the ESMA Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group and Securities and Markets Consultative Working Group.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Operating Officer
Max Spoto was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer in March 2023.
Max has extensive experience in financial services. Previously in his career he worked at JP Morgan for seven years in a variety of functional infrastructure roles, having joined via their business infrastructure graduate programme. In 2007 he moved to UBS, where he held several senior roles including Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Investment Bank in Asia Pacific, the Global COO of the Equities business and, most recently, Global Markets COO and Head of Operations for the Investment bank. Max has worked in both Europe and Asia Pacific.
As Group COO, Max is responsible for TP ICAP's Chief Operating Office, Technology, Operations, Facilities, Project Management, and Procurement organisations.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Michael brings to the Board significant knowledge of financial markets, both in the USA and the UK, as well as expertise in international financial management from his long career in financial services.
Nicolas' extensive experience across the global broking industry complements his in-depth knowledge of the Group's operations and markets and enables him to lead the business and be a key contributor to the Board. Nicolas continues to lead the implementation and development of the Board's strategy and identifies new opportunities for the continued future growth of the business. He maintains a productive dialogue with institutional investors and other key stakeholders of the business.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Executive Director
- Group General Counsel
Philip has over 30 years' experience gained in senior executive roles in the corporate and financial services sector.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Director
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Chairman of Nominations & Governance Committee
Richard combines a detailed understanding of the financial services industry and its challenges and opportunities with recent senior board leadership experience, having held roles as Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman at other listed financial institutions. Richard is Chair of the Nominations & Governance Committee and a member of the Remuneration.
Job Titles:
- Group Head of Marketing & Communications
- Media
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Director
- Executive Director
Robin brings to the Board financial expertise coupled with strong leadership skills developed both within TP ICAP and the wider industry over more than 20 years.
Job Titles:
- Director
- CEO of Parameta Solutions
Silvina Aldeco-Martinez was appointed CEO of Parameta Solutions in March 2024. She joined the TP ICAP Group from PitchBook Data, a division of Morningstar, where she was a member of the executive team and CEO of Leveraged Commentary and Data (LCD), a category leader in news, research, data, and analytics in the institutional private debt market. As CEO of LCD, Silvina successfully led the carve out, long-term strategy definition, and sale of the business to Pitchbook/Morningstar.
Prior to that, in her 25 years at S&P Global, Silvina held several senior roles, including the Chief Product Officer for S&P Global Platts, a division of S&P Global and the leading independent provider of information and benchmarks for the energy and commodity markets.
Prior to joining Standard & Poor's in 1996, Silvina was an equity research analyst for ABN AMRO's brokerage house in Argentina.
Silvina holds a BSc in Economics from Buenos Aires University and is fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Group Head of Human Resources
Susan Maple was appointed Group Head of Human Resources on 1 November 2019. She has extensive experience in HR across retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, as well as retail brokerage and the gas industry.
Immediately prior to joining TP ICAP, Susan was the Head of HR for Corporate and Institutional banking at VTB, based between London and Moscow. Whilst at VTB she was a SMF18 for the London entity and worked closely with the CEO of the investment banking division.
Prior to VTB, Susan spent three years as the Head of HR for Barclays Africa, based in Dubai. She has also worked at Merrill Lynch for nine year in various senior HR roles: in London she was Head of HR the Front Office businesses; in New York she was Global Head of HR for Investment Banking; and in Hong Kong where she was Regional Head of HR for Asia.
Earlier in her career Susan also worked in Human Resources for Fidelity Brokerage, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Credit Lyonnais and British Gas.
Susan also holds a non-executive role at Reading University where she is a member of the Council, the Remuneration committee and the Nomination and Governance committee.
Job Titles:
- Communications Director, Marketing and Communications
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Director
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of Nominations & Governance Committee
Tracy brings to the Board considerable international banking and financial services experience spanning 35 years, most recently serving as a Director of Standard Chartered Bank U.K. for seven years.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Group Chief Risk Officer
Veronica has extensive experience in risk management and compliance across retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, as well as wealth and asset management.