Alpari UK CEO Daniel Skowronski Resigns, David Hodge Assumes Post
Alpari UK has today announced the appointment of David Hodge as CEO of the company's UK operations, whilst existing encumbent

Retail FX giant Alpari has announced today that its London-based UK head office is to welcome a new Chief Executive Officer, following the resignation of Daniel Skowronski, a prominent and highly respected industry figure across the international FX business.
Upon leaving his position of CEO of one of the world’s most prestigious companies within the FX industry, Mr. Skowronski can reflect on the incredibly fastidious and professional manner in which he headed the UK division of Alpari.
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In assuming the highly esteemed position of CEO of Alpari’s British operations, David Hodge is set to assume the position, bringing with him a wealth of strategic, commercial and operational experience in the electronic trading sector.
Mr. Hodge, who joined Alpari’s UK operations two years ago as Chief Marketing Officer before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer, has a wealth of strategic, commercial and operational experience in both the online and financial sectors.
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Andrey Dashin, founder and major shareholder of Alpari (UK) Ltd, has today made a formal statement regarding the appointment: “This promotion recognises the enormous contribution that David has already made to Alpari. He has a strong track record of delivering transformational change across the business and has the strategic vision, commercial experience and leadership skills that are essential to drive the business forward and improve earnings growth.”
Andrey Vedikhin, founder and major shareholder of Alpari (UK) Ltd, added: “I am really pleased that David has accepted the opportunity to lead Alpari UK. He is an excellent operator with a very clear strategic plan and a number of exciting ideas that I am very supportive of.”
Mr. Hodge has formally commented that he is “Really excited about the challenge to lead the excellent team that we have at Alpari UK to grow the business further. There will be increased focus on enhancing our core FX product to provide a best in-class trading environment for our clients and prospects.”
Mr. Hodge succeeds former CEO, Daniel Skowronski who resigned from his position this week. Mr.Vedikhin said: “I would like to thank Daniel for his contribution to the business over the last three years and wish him all the best in his future endeavours.”
In terms of industry background, Mr. Hodge’s career stems from a variety of positions within marketing roles for blue-chip global businesses Wilkinson Sword, Cadbury and Scottish Courage. He then moved to the startup, low-cost airline bmibaby where he was the Commercial Director overseeing marketing, sales, e-commerce, revenue management and network planning, before joining IG Group as Group Marketing Director in 2008. He joined Alpari (UK) Ltd in October 2011.
Mr. Skowronski has not yet confirmed his immediate future plans, but can reflect on his more than credible performance at Alpari UK.
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This is a shocking move. Especially considering David Hodge experience is limited to brand recognition and marketing
Not so shocking considering the recent trend(s) at Alpari UK; not to mention Mr. Skowronski’s relationship w/Alpari shareholders.
sergey could you please explain your comment about his relationship with the shareholders? Im interested
@Sergey recent trend(s) in Alpari such as the past few quarters of record volumes and improved trade booking? Not to mention Daniel S relationships with banks he carried over from his days at Currenex? Alpari RU (shareholders) should have embraced his knowledge of the market not punished his innovation and transparency. Nothing against David H, but the CEO of such a company needs to understand more than Search engine optimization to be successful. My bet is FXCM buys Alpari UK before 2015
@Won; Alpari Group’s recent volume figures, specifically the few months of positive growth are a function of Alpari.ru division (not UK). Alpari.ru has a dominant position in its respective market and is the driver for the entire entity, w/out it Alpari is a non-player. As for Daniel’s value-add; relationship w/banks is the function of the dealing team. Somewhat doubt that he was brought in to optimize his prior LP contacts. In terms of innovation and transparency; would love specific examples here…?!?
“But Second-by-Second data has been available from Reuters, Bloomberg, EBS for a while now.” Difference is that it will be offered for free (the others are available to existing clients of their products)
“But Second-by-Second data has been available from Reuters, Bloomberg, EBS for a while now.” Difference is that it will be offered for free (the others are available to existing clients of their products)
me too, innovation and transaprency is not exactly what comes to mind when I think of skowronski’s track record at alpari. he was simply riding on russia’s success while working on his own hidden agenda. they made the good choice by pushing him to “resign” before he ruined alpari uk
@Matthew – probably the latter – but their risk becomes limited since they moved to one day expiration contracts
@Matthew – probably the latter – but their risk becomes limited since they moved to one day expiration contracts
Alpari was a Russian Bucket shop plain and simple a few years ago. Mr. Skowronski and his team took it and its brand to the number 3 broker in the world. Alpari Russia obviously has good volume but in Alpari’s press releases it is broken down by UK and Russia and the UK grew strong volumes as well. Russians could never grow the brand that Skowronski did…Usually only haters post message but I was a big fan of Alpari and impressed with what was accomplished as CEO. All I can say is Good Luck David Hodge…big shoes to fill. Will… Read more »
@Jason you could not have put it better. Mr. Skowronksi and his team changed the way the FX community viewed Alpari. As far as innovation and transparency I would say Alpari was a pioneer in NDD execution and that came from Daniels relationships in the banking community. Alpari RU is a casino and Alpari UK is a financial institution.