In other People Moves, Accuity relocates to Evanston, MDX appoints a sales manager for North America and Horizon Software picks a CEO.
ECB Position Created After Organizational Review
The European Central Bank (ECB) reports that Roberto Schiavi has been appointed director general budget and finance, effective March 1. He will report to Michael Diemer, chief services officer.
Schiavi, 48, joined the ECB in 1998 and since has held managerial positions in the areas of financial markets and planning and controlling, according to a statement. He is currently deputy director general market operations.
Schiavi’s new position was created following an ECB organizational review, the bank notes.
“Together with the Directorates General Human Resources, Administration and Information Systems, it is one of the four areas that fall under the direct responsibility of the Chief Services Officer, a new role created in January,” ECB officials say in a prepared statement.
RBI’s Accuity Relocates to Evanston
Accuity, a provider of risk and compliance, payments and know your customer (KYC) solutions, has moved its global headquarters to Evanston, Illinois, officials say. Previously the company was based in nearby Skokie.
Accuity is part of Reed Business Information (RBI), which in turn is part of RELX Group, a provider of information solutions formerly known as Reed Elsevier.
The venerable company, more than 175 years old, calls the move “a major investment” that offers recruitment opportunities at Northwestern University and easy access to Chicago.
MDX Appoints Sales Manager for North America
MDX officials, which specializes in data distribution for the trading community, report that James Maclay has been named sales manager for its business development program in North America.
Maclay “brings over 20 years’ experience in selling market data infrastructure solutions to enterprise scale financial services firms within the US and beyond,” MDX says, specifying that he started his career “on the trading floor at Merrill Lynch, at Thomson Reuters and as managing director of a fintech start up.”
Most recently, Maclay was “responsible for sales and marketing” at West Highland Support Services, a provider of computer support and services in New York City.
The MDX Connect platform delivers a “bi-directional, data distribution and collaboration solution” designed for the trading operations of all financial services, commodities and energy firms, the company says.
Horizon Software Promotes to Fill CEO Post
Horizon Software has named Sylvain Thieullent as its new CEO, while Jean-Marc Delfarguiel, the company’s founder, becomes president, officials say. Thieullent was previously Horizon’s EMEA head of electronic trading.
“There is increased demand for [Horizon’s trading platform] Delta One and new opportunities coming from MiFID II; at the same time traders are demanding more sophistication in trade execution,” Thieullent says in a prepared statement. “We expect growth to come from Europe, North America, and Asia; Hong Kong and Singapore are both interesting areas, with new prop shops becoming very active in pan-Asian systematic trading strategies. We will also continue to grow our presence in mainland China.”
Horizon, founded in 1998, is a provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology to exchanges, banks, brokers and fund managers, the company says. It maintains offices in London, Paris, Sao Paulo and Bangkok.
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