New Hires at Revolut, CLS and IG Group: Executives on the Move

These are the latest highlights of the industry's senior professionals taking up new roles in a still active job market amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Ideal Prediction Names Walter Bell as New CTO

Bell is leading the new development in the Scope product suite of the firm for monitoring trading for market abuse and adherence to the FX Global Code.

Read more on the Ideal Prediction appointment here.

CLS Names Thomas Barkhuff as Chief Information Officer

Barkhuff will also serve as a member of the Executive Management Cmmittee.

Read more on the CLS appointment here.

James Murray Moves from smartTrade to TigerWit Group

Murray joins the firm from Aix-en-Provence based Technology Provider Technology Provider A technology provider is an individual, company, or entity that creates, render services and sells software applications or hardware. Currently, there are four types of tech providers which are as followed:Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) – Functioning as a subscription-based licensing and delivery model, SaaS is centrally hosted and may also be referred to as on-demand software. Tech Hardware – Powerful tech providers such as Apple, Oculus Rift, FitBit, and Samsung are examples of tech hardware pro A technology provider is an individual, company, or entity that creates, render services and sells software applications or hardware. Currently, there are four types of tech providers which are as followed:Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) – Functioning as a subscription-based licensing and delivery model, SaaS is centrally hosted and may also be referred to as on-demand software. Tech Hardware – Powerful tech providers such as Apple, Oculus Rift, FitBit, and Samsung are examples of tech hardware pro Read this Term smartTrade,.

Read more on the TigerWit appointment here.

OKCoin Poaches Two Execs from Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Read this Term.com and Coinbase

OKCoin has onboarded Haider Rafique as chief marketing officer and Megan Monroe-Coleman as compliance officer.

Read more on the OKCoin appointments here.

Revolut Names James Shanahan as Singapore CEO

The firm has also strengthened its senior management with additional appointments

Read more on the Revolut hires here.

Jan Hoenisch Moves from Charles River to DTCC

Hoenisch becomes an executive director, business architecture earlier this month.

Read more on the DTCC appointment here.

IG Group hires Ben Hemington as its First ESG Manager

The former lawyer takes up his newly created role this month.

Read more on the IG appointment here.

Chris Thomas Becomes Head of Digital Assets at Swissquote

He worked in sales and trading at UBS, SocGen and BNP Paribas earlier in his career.

Read more on the Swissquote appointment here.