Scope Prime Adds Two Institutional Hires in London and Dubai

Scope Prime added Glen Hastings and Freddie Price to institutional sales roles, the company said today (Wednesday). Hastings is based in London, while Price works from Dubai.

Both appointments took effect in July. The hires give the Rostro Group unit more client coverage in two financial hubs and follow a run of product additions, including futures and options trading for institutional clients launched in February.

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Hastings joined as Institutional Sales in London. Price became Institutional Business Development Manager in Dubai, with a remit covering institutional clients and partner relationships across the region.

Hastings Returns to London Institutional Sales

Hastings moved from INFINOX Global, where he worked in institutional sales across electronic foreign exchange and contracts for difference. His financial markets career spans almost a decade, according to the announcement.

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Hastings said he had seen the sector "from almost every angle" through roles in liquidity management, prime services and electronic FX sales. At Scope Prime, he will work on institutional relationships.

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The London appointment adds to a regional sales structure that was already taking shape. In March 2025, Scope Prime hired Debbie Georgiou for EMEA business development, based in Cyprus.

Price Moves From Golf to Institutional Finance

Price joined after 16 months at Dubai-based Goldstone Group. He started there as Operations Manager and later became Head of Partnerships.

His career began outside financial services. Price spent more than five years as a golf professional, first at Royal Blackheath Golf Club in southeast London and later at Al Zorah Golf Club in Ajman.

Al Zorah announced Price as a golf professional in October 2024, according to Khaleej Times. He entered financial services with Goldstone in 2025, first working in operations before moving into partnerships.

Price said professional golf taught him that performance depends on "preparation, consistency and trust." He will apply that background to partner development and institutional sales in the Middle East.

Rostro has also been building its regulatory presence in the Gulf. It secured a UAE Category 5 license and said it planned to expand brokerage and trading services across the region, FinanceMagnates.com reported in January.

Liquidity Providers Continue to Recruit

Other institutional providers have also added staff in London and Dubai this year. MAS Markets hired Matt Porter from ATFX as Head of Operations in June, while oneZero opened its first Middle East office and named Lochlan White Director of Sales in Dubai.

Recruitment is taking place as some market participants expect consolidation among liquidity providers. A March survey by Finery Markets found that 60% of respondents expected fewer providers to survive 2026, and a quarter anticipated an outright decline.

GTC Group recruited Alexandros Patsalides as Vice President of Institutional after hiring him from Scope Markets. The three appointments were part of a broader competition for experienced staff and regional relationships among liquidity providers, as FinanceMagnates.com reported.

Scope Prime provides liquidity, execution and trading infrastructure to brokers, hedge funds and professional trading firms. Its product range spans over-the-counter markets, on-exchange futures and options, and digital-asset derivatives.