Instinet has appointed Christopher Brown as executive director, latency sensitive electronic trading (LSET), The TRADE can reveal.
According to a social media post, Brown joins from JP Morgan where he spent nearly four years as executive director of quantitative investment strategies (QIS).
Prior to that, Brown spent almost 3 years at Citi as director of systemic and quant trading solutions.
Before joining Citi, Brown served as director, autobahn equity sales and trading, low latency DMA at Deutsche Bank.
Elsewhere in his career, Brown held senior position at FIX Protocol, Chi-East and Instinet – the latter being his first tenure at the firm in 2009.
“I’m delighted to announce that I’m joining the Nomura/Instinet team, tasked with taking the low latency LSET business to greater heights,” Brown said in a social media post.
“I’m particularly excited given Instinet’s technology heritage and innovative approach to providing compelling client solutions in partnership with Nomura (Global Execution Solutions). Here’s to joining a dynamic team focused on delivering world-class execution solutions.”
Brown’s appointment follows that of Sonal Rashmi, who joined Instinet in an execution sales role, following seven and a half years at Goldman Sachs.
In this new role, Rashmi will focus on EMEA clients trading globally – specifically quant clients, The TRADE understands.