Alex Bennett Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

Responsible for delivering execution services to direct market access, extreme low latency traders and clients connecting via supported trading platforms, including Fidessa, TT and Orc - Local and international clients, trading global markets including US, Europe and Asia in APAC timezone - Responsible officer for HKFE and SEHK, and Trading Representative.

Business Development across Asia, representing Chi-X Australia, Chi-X Japan, and Chi-Tech Hong Kong who create and support the trading venue technology and client-facing solutions.Establishing and deepening relationships with the buy side and sell side across the region. Creating trading analytics and insights to buy side and sell side. Creating campaigns.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Modernisation of ANZ’s Global Markets and Wealth platforms in Research, Sales and Trading.
• Working closely with the business, acting as their interface to technology, ensuring projects were delivering optimally against business, regulatory and franchise requirements.
• Leading teams in Bangalore, Hong Kong, Singapore and Melbourne.
• Delivered organisational change, including managing the technological risk, regulatory exposure and issues associated with the closure of a brokerage.
• Managed a business transformation initiative where savings were achieved through the outsourcing of roles to a lower cost location.

• Responsible for electronic execution desk, client relationships and trading, marketing and algorithmic trading behaviours.
• Grew Citi to #1 market share in Australian market, from #2-3 position by increasing trade volumes with key clients and delivering unique trading innovation
• Managed key client relationships, raised the business profile in the Australian market and drove initiatives to increase revenues from electronic trading at Citi, delivering revenues exceeding budget.
• Spoke at several conferences and seminars, and wrote in industry papers on topics around electronic trading to raise Citi’s profile with clients. Also prepared presentations and contributed to interview answers for.
• Improved internal communications and relationships to improve cross selling of electronic trading solutions to clients.
• Leveraged close client relationships in Asia to bring in new accounts to Citi, and to grow volume from existing clients.

• Head of Algorithmic Sales Trading – assisting Institutional and Fund Manager clients, and trading across Asia (HK, Japan, India, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia).
• Created new trading-behaviours and worked with technology to implement trading suite and maintain our position as the leading provider of algorithmic trading.
• Sales and marketing of our comprehensive execution services - Direct Market Access (DMA), Advanced Execution Services (AES), Program Trading, Pre-Trade and Post-Trade Analytics, etc.
• Covering multiple asset classes - Equities, FX, and Listed Derivatives.