Bjørn Sibbern has been appointed chief executive officer at SIX, effective 1 January 2025. Since the beginning of the year, Sibbern has been leading the international exchange business of SIX as global head exchanges and a member of the group executive board. He brings more than 20 years’ experience in capital markets, having held a range of positions at Nasdaq, OMX Exchanges and E*TRADE Bank Denmark – the latter of which he served as CEO.
Sibbern will succeed Jos Dijsselhof, who is set to step down as CEO to pursue a new professional opportunity in the Middle East, following seven years with SIX. Since joining SIX as CEO in 2018, Dijsselhof has helped developed the company commercially, while also expanding its international presence. Dijsselhof will remain at SIX until the end of February 2025 to ensure a smooth transition.
Fixed income investment bank KNG Securities added Mert Kisacik to its fixed income sales team, where he will hold responsibility for Turkish and Israeli markets. As part of the role, Kisacik will focus on finding liquidity in both sovereign and corporate bonds for the firm’s clients, with a primary focus on hard currency bonds. He joined KNG from Morgan Stanley, where he spent the last two years, most recently as part of the bank’s emerging markets cross asset sales team. Elsewhere in his career, Kisacik worked at Yapi Kredi, one of Turkey’s first nationwide commercial banks.
Kezar Markets’ chief executive officer, Whit Conary is set to retire from his role by the end of this year following 18 years in the position. Steve Miele, who currently serves as chief strategy officer, has been appointed new chief executive officer of Kezar Marekts, effective 1 January 2025.
Conary’s capital markets career spans four decades, with his retirement paving the way for Kezar Markets’ continued growth plans. Meanwhile, Kazer Markets noted that the appointment of Steve Miele as CEO is a natural progression following his role overseeing strategy, sales, and product development at LeveL ATS and Kezar Markets for 17 years.