Redburn Atlantic has expanded its UK and European execution business with two new heads of sales trading. Tony Atkins was appointed UK head of sales trading. Atkins joined Redburn Atlantic in 2004 as a sales trader having previously served for eight years at Morgan Grenfell and two years at Marathon Asset Management. Alongside his appointment, Redburn Atlantic sales trader Luc Demoulin was appointed EU head of sales trading. Demoulin joined Redburn Atlantic in 2021 having previously served as head of dealing at Verrazzano and as a senior dealer at FrontPoint Partners.
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading. Gregory Corrigan was selected to take up the reins for US equity and FX trading after eight years at LGIM. Corrigan joined LGIM in 2016 as a trader in equity and FX trading, receiving a promotion to senior trader in 2019. Previously in his career he spent a year and a half at Fideuram Asset Management Ireland as a trader in equity and derivatives and spent nearly three years at ING Eurasia ZAO in money markets roles.
The global head of capital markets at German asset manager DWS, Keshava Shastry, has left the business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Shastry, a managing director based in London, had been with the firm for over ten years. While working for the investment manager, he was responsible for institutional clients including central banks, pensions funds and sovereign wealth funds and assisted them with asset allocation and best execution. Shastry was also responsible for leading the investment division’s foray into digital assets and decentralised finance (DeFi).
Andrew Celotto joined Kepler Cheuvreux as an equity high touch trader, having departed from Credit Suisse last September. He most recently oversaw the European mid-cap team at Credit Suisse. In his new role, Celotto will be based in Kepler’s London office. Speaking in a social media post at the time of his departure, Celotto asserted: “After 16 years of buying, selling and crossing European and emerging stocks at Credit Suisse, it’s time for a fresh start. While I’m sad to leave and about how it ended, I’m excited for new challenges and opportunities ahead.”
Stuart Parris was appointed head of sales at Euronext FX, overseeing a global sales team covering the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. Parris has been with the business since 2018 and has held different senior roles during his tenure, most recently as director, EMEA sales focused on sell-side tier 1 client engagement. Prior to joining Euronext FX six years ago, Parris spent almost eight years at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), serving as division head: EMEA FX relationship management. Before that, he was an associate director – FX sales at HSBC global banking and markets, and prior worked for Bank of New York Mellon for over a decade, most recently as VP – FX sales.
Noelle Al Jaweini was appointed acting chief of derivatives at the Saudi Exchange following more than eight years with the business. Most recently, Al Jaweini served as chief of cash markets at the exchange and before that head of markets development. During her career, Al Jaweini has contributed to various industry initiatives, including having served as the first Saudi advisory board member for Bloomberg’s “A Fair Share” – an initiative which advocates for gender equality in the regional financial industry.