New York City-headquartered Liquid Holdings Group, a provider of a software-as-a-service-based (Saas) solutions for the investment management community, reports three senior executive management changes, effective immediately. They are:
- CFO Peter Kent has been promoted to CEO, succeeding Brian Storms, who will become the company’s vice chairman, providing “advice and counseling in the areas of sales, marketing and strategy,” according to a company statement. Kent also will continue as CFO;
- And Robert O’Boyle, executive vice president and director of sales and marketing, has been promoted to president, a newly created position, from where he will “continue to lead the Company’s efforts in sales, marketing and client experience,” according to the statement,
New CEO Kent is a 30-plus-year veteran in the “financial services and technology markets and has held executive positions in technology companies, securities firms and investment banks and was instrumental in the rise and successful sale of Automated Trading Desk, LLC,” according to the statement. “Prior to joining Liquid Holdings Group, Mr. Kent co-founded Eladian Partners LLC in 2010 and served as its Managing Partner.”
New President O’Boyle is a 20-plus-year veteran, who joined Liquid two years ago. In his new post he will “continue to oversee sales and marketing, and will now also be responsible for managing both client services and product strategy,” the company says.
In the statement, Victor Simone, board chairman, saluted new CEO Kent’s leadership and the expansion of his role at Liquid, while Kent, in turn, similarly saluted O’Boyle. His immediate goals, Kent said, are to “further improve the organization through additional operating cost reductions, by strengthening our balance sheet and continuing a highly focused sales and marketing effort.”
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