ATFX UK Hires Lee Holmes as Institutional Sales Director

ATFX UK, officially AT Global Markets UK Limited, has hired Lee Holmes as the brokerage’s new Director for Institutional Sales. He will be based in London and has already joined the company, according to his Linkedin profile.

Holmes is a well-known name in the Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term and CFDs trading industry. He spent the last decade working with many prominent names in the brokerage industry.

Worked with Many Brokers

Most recently, he was the Director of Sales at Zenfinex, a UK-based boutique brokerage offering services to both retail and professional traders, where he spent more than a year. Before that, he was with ForexVox as a Director for almost a year.

Holmes entered the brokerage industry in early 2010 with a forex and derivatives sales role at FXCM. He parted with the broker after five long years from his position of IB and institutional sales/ product management.

Additionally, he spent a significant amount of time at VIBHS Financials, a Mauritius-based forex and CFDs broker that gained an FCA license in 2014. He originally joined VIBHS in April 2015 as Head of Sales, and then was promoted to take on the expanded position of Director Sales and Operations in November 2017.

Moreover, he was a Director at The TJM Partnerships for eight months.

ATFX, which has a significant presence in the Asian markets, has reported excellent performance of its UK-based entity over the last few years. The FCA-regulated entity witnessed a 35 percent surge in its revenue for fiscal 2020, generating more than £3 million. Furthermore, the broker is expanding its product line and launched a social trading application last November, followed by the ATFX Connect brand, which is an institutional offering to professional clients.