FNG has learned that longtime Pepperstone executive Chris Drummond has moved to institutional broker and execution venue operator LMAX Group, to serve as LMAX’s new Global Head of Trading.
Chris Drummond, who is based in London, had been with Australia based online broker Pepperstone for the past nine years. He started in Pepperstone’s Melbourne headquarters in 2016 in a business development role, moving to London in 2019 to serve as a market risk analyst and later as Head of Market Risk EMEA for Pepperstone.
The LMAX Group is an independent operator of institutional execution venues for FX and digital assets trading. The Group builds and runs its own high performance, ultra-low latency global exchange infrastructure, which includes matching engines in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore. Headquartered in London, and headed by CEO David Mercer, the Group’s portfolio includes LMAX Exchange (institutional FX exchange, FCA regulated MTF and MAS regulated RMO), LMAX Global (FCA and CySEC regulated brokers) and LMAX Digital (GFSC regulated institutional spot crypto currency exchange).
