Integral Development Corp., an independent provider of electronic foreign exchange (eFX) trading technology, announced that it had recruited Simon Winn and Emma Aldridge as international sales executives based in the firm’s London and Singapore offices.
Winn brings to Integral more than 20 years of experience in the FX markets through his senior management roles during the past decade at Societe Generale (Soc Gen) in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Winn is based in Integral’s Singapore office, Soc Gen is a major liquidity provider to the Integral FX Grid™.
“With my experience in FX trading, I see the Integral FX Grid and direct market access model providing its customers quality and depth of liquidity second to none. In today’s increasingly automated trading environment, the aggregation and algorithms provided by FX Inside Professional gives customers the best pricing and best execution to be successful in this growing market,” Winn noted. Prior to joining Integral, Winn had also been involved in the development and deployment of an algorithmic trading model for an Asian based hedge fund.
Emma Aldridge joins Integral from Bloomberg, in London, where she was a member of that firm’s Fixed Income eTrading Sales team covering Europe and Africa. Before this she was with Goldman Sachs for 2½ years where she became a member of the firm’s eTrading Fixed Income team as a Marketer.
Jon Barker, Integral’s VP - Global Sales, said: “I’m pleased to have these two talented individuals join our efforts at extending our value to customers in the Asian and European markets. As a global provider FX trading solution, Integral’s private, branded FX applications give our customers the capabilities to increase their profitability and reduce their costs.”
Unique in the industry, Integral is a neutral facilitator of FX trading business. Integral supports all styles of professional FX market participation, including private, customer-branded trading solutions managed and operated over Integral's FX Grid®, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks and major financial institutions.
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About Integral
Integral's solutions and services are delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) so that FX trading providers can enter new markets quickly without having to own and operate any IT infrastructure.
Founded in 1993, Integral employs more than 190 professionals and maintains development, support and sales offices in Silicon Valley, Chicago, New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore and Bangalore. Investors include Accel Partners, Ignite Group, ABN Amro, Hudson Ventures, Bain Capital and AIG.