Robert Malin Joins FastMatch as Director of Sales for Europe

Online foreign exchange electronic communications network (ECN) FastMatch has announced that Robert Malin will be joining the company as Director of Sales for the European region. Based in London, Mr Malin will take his new position at the company on the 15th of March.

The new European Director of Sales at FastMatch will join the company from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, where he helped shape the eFX product of the financial institution for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Mr Malin is a veteran in the industry after working in electronic FX sales for almost 10 years.

Before joining Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Robert spent a number of years at two leading banks in the foreign exchange industry - UBS and Barclays.

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Rob Malin will be reporting directly to the Global Head of Sales of FastMatch, Paul Ainsworth.