cTrader Announces Expansion of Business Development Team

LONDON, November 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

cTrader, a London-based technology company that develops FX trading platforms with ECN (Electronic Communications Network) brokerage capabilities today announced the expansion of its sales team with four new additions at Director level.

Steve Winters joins cTrader as Vice-President Sales - EMEA having spent his whole career in the FX industry, starting out at City Index. He was a founding member of GFT Global Markets UK, managing its institutional and retail sales for almost 5 years. Prior to joining cTrader Steve was the Managing Director of Currensee Ltd, one of the first players in the world of FX social networks.

Brian Martin, Vice-President Sales - EMEA, has over 30 years experience within the banking industry. Brian started out as an FX trader working at Moscow Narodny Bank, Fidelity and JP Morgan before moving into Treasury Software at Misys. Brian has travelled extensively, living in New York and Moscow whilst managing teams based in the USA, UK, China, India and Singapore. Prior to joining cTrader Brian led a Global Treasury Team at Thomson Reuters focusing on the creation and distribution of high-value market data.

Cameron Kim, Vice-President Sales - The Americas, has spent over 10 years in various sectors of the financial industry, from convertible bond research to business development in retail and institutional FX. He covered wide geographic regions from Asia to North America. Multi-lingual and multi-cultural, Cameron developed Asian markets for MIG Bank in Switzerland. Prior to joining cTrader he successfully created a North Asian institutional sales strategy for CMC Markets.

Terry Gamell, joins cTrader as Vice-President Sales - Asia Pacific and Japan, with 28 years of sales and business development experience selling software and services into the capital markets / investment banking financial arena both domestically and internationally - the last 15 of those at management level. He has an extensive network of banking contacts in London, New York, Hong Kong and the Middle East. Prior to joining cTrader Terry was International Business Development Director for International Treasury Services - Europe.

Launched in 2010 as a PaaS (Platform  as a Service) solution, cTrader provides a comprehensive turnkey solution to companies looking to access the retail and institutional e-FX markets, using cloud technology to provide the next generation of currency trading.

cTrader features include:

• Superior manual and algorithmic trading capabilities with cTrader and cAlgo.
• Flexible risk management with cBroker.
• Ease of FIX API distribution in/out.
• FIX adapters for all major LPs, PBs and ECNs.
• Sub-ms latency technology.
• White Labels and Private Labels supported.
• Hedging options - go long and short in the same account.
• Ease of integration with any back office systems.
• Straight through processing (STP).
• Feature rich and user-friendly interfaces.

Andrey Pavlov, CEO, cTrader, commented: "cTrader is delighted to welcome these new appointments to our Business Development team at a time of exciting growth for our business. These senior and high calibre appointments demonstrate our intent to ensure that  cTrader is the first choice for any brokers looking to offer their clients an ECN platform. With our cAlgo, cBroker and cServer options we offer an innovative and full-spectrum ECN solution."

For more information and a free Demo download visit: http://www.cTrader.com

Notes to Media

About cTrader

cTrader is a London-based technology company that develops FX trading platforms with ECN (Electronic Communications Network) brokerage capabilities. Launched in 2010 as a PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution, cTrader provides a comprehensive turnkey solution to companies looking to access the retail and institutional e-FX markets, using cloud technology to provide the next generation of currency trading.

For further information, please contact:

Steve Winters
cTrader Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 207 743 8803
Email: steve.winters@ctrader.com
 
Brian Martin
cTrader Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 207 743 8805
Email: brian.martin@ctrader.com

Cameron Kim
cTrader Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 207 3427 3751
Email: cameron.kim@ctrader.com

Terry Gamell
cTrader Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 207 743 8802
Email: terry.gamell@ctrader.com