Romain Le Baud Becomes the New Swissquote Marketing Director

Swissquote, a leading Switzerland-based online Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real Read this Term, has promoted Romain Le Baud to Marketing Director after spending almost two years as Head of Marketing in the company. Le Baud started working at the firm in October 2015 as 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 Brand Manager, where he developed the Forex business of Swiss quote until July 2017, when he took the reins as Head of Brand & Digital.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Le Baud has been in the marketing industry for over ten years in several niches. He first started as a Marketing Trainee in INES CRM to then spend some time in Vipventa S.L. and Rodier. In 2010, the new Swissquote Marketing Director joined luxury goods and jewellery company, Swatch as E-Commerce Manager in France. He was promoted to Global E-Commerce Project Lead after two years in the role.

Le Baud earned an Associate degree in Computer Sciences from the Université de Nates, a Bachelor's degree in Business & Digital from IAE Savoie Mont Blanc, and a Master's degree in Entrepreneurship & Innovation management from IEMN-IAE. As of press time, there is no official comment nor statement from both Le Baud and Swissquote regarding the promotion to Marketing Director.

Recent Revenues Results

Finance Magnates recently reported that the broker saw a substantial jump in net revenues in H1 of 2021, which reached CHF 264.4 million in H1 of 2021, which is 64.5% higher than the same period in 2020. For the full year 2021, the financial services provider is now targeting net revenues of CHF 465 million. In terms of pre-tax profit, the number touched CHF 134.6 million in the first six months of 2021, which is 130% higher than H1 of 2020. The broker is now expecting a pre-tax profit of CHF 210 million for the full year of 2021.

Swissquote highlighted the recent expansion of crypto-related offerings and mentioned that the company now has approximately CHF 1.9 billion worth of crypto assets under custody.