Revolut, EXANTE, N26, and More: Executive Moves of the Week

Revolut appoints Former Finalto executive to Board

Topping our weekly executive move coverage, Revolut appointed Stavros Anastasiou, a veteran of the FX and CFDs trading sector, as a Board Advisor.

Anastasiou brings extensive experience from Cyprus’s financial services industry, where he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Markets.com for over two years. Prior to that, he held board-level roles at CySEC-regulated firms, including a four-year tenure as Executive Director at Safecap Investments.

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EXANTE hires new Infrastructure Chief

In Cyprus, prime broker EXANTE has appointed Sergei Solomatin as Director of IT Operations, continuing its push to strengthen its technology framework.

Solomatin brings more than 20 years of IT experience from Russian financial institutions, including FINAM, Home Credit and Finance Bank, and Svyaznoy Bank, where he oversaw major technology upgrades.

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N26 CEO Valentin Stalf to step aside

N26 co-founder Valentin Stalf will step down as CEO and move to the digital bank’s supervisory board. His departure comes as Germany’s financial regulator BaFin raises fresh concerns about the company, including the possibility of new sanctions.

Stalf and co-founder Max Tayenthal, who jointly hold around 20% of the bank, are also considering giving up special voting rights.

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Former Trump crypto adviser joins Tether

In the crypto space, Tether Holdings SA has named Bo Hines, former head of President Donald Trump’s digital assets advisory council, as a strategic advisor to support its U.S. expansion.

Hines stepped down from the White House Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets earlier this month. He reportedly organized the Trump administration’s first crypto summit and was involved in advancing the Genius Act.

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GCEX hires Kevin Gillespie

Digital asset trading platform GCEX has appointed Kevin Gillespie, a financial markets professional with 35 years of experience, to lead its sales and business development efforts across the UK and EMEA.

Gillespie joins GCEX from Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Nomura Group, where he was responsible for digital asset and FX sales to institutional clients.

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Pepperstone has a new COO and CCO

Lastly, Pepperstone, the Australia-based forex and CFDs broker, has promoted Tom Williams to Chief Operating Officer. At the same time, Rob Bowen stepped down as Group COO to take on the role of Chief Commercial Officer.

Bowen, who has also served as Chief Executive of Pepperstone’s UK entity for more than six years, held the Group COO position for over five years.

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