FairXchange Hires Martin Bradford in New COO Role

FairXchange, a forex liquidity analytics firm partially owned by Christian Frahm’s United Fintech, announced on Thursday the hiring of Martin Bradford as the Chief Operating Officer.

“Being part of United Fintech has opened up a wealth of new opportunities for us, paving the way for the creation of our new COO role,” said Guy Hopkins, the Founder and CEO of FairXchange.

Bradford is a well-experienced finance professional, bringing more than two decades of industry experience to his new role. He has diversified experience within both the technology and finance space.

He explained in a statement that, at FairXchange, he will “help scale the company's noble mission of enabling more transparent Foreign Exchange trading for all market participants.”

Excellent Finance Background

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Prior to that, he worked for Google and Microsoft in their financial services divisions. He spent two years and almost five and half years with those firms, respectively.

Bradford started his career in late 2000 with JPMorgan Chase. Additionally, he gained work experience 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 industry while working for Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, working as a Director of FX Prime Brokerage at both. On top of that, he was the European Head of Prime Brokerage Sales at RBS Global Banking and Markets.

“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Martin to FairXchange,” Hopkins added.

“His track record speaks for itself, with deep experience and knowledge across capital markets, technology and data. He joins us at an incredibly exciting time of rapid growth and will play a central role in shaping our trajectory as we scale.”