Fintech and trading companies had a busy week with several important changes in their leadership teams.
Equals Money, a UK company that offers payments and financial services, brought in Marcus Bacchi-Howard as its new Head of Digital Assets. He brings strong knowledge in sales and trading of digital assets. Before this job, Bacchi-Howard served as Head of Sales and Managing Director at One Trading for one year. Earlier, he worked in institutional sales at big names like Gemini and Binance.
In the trading technology area, Alexis Droussiotis left his position as Head of Match-Trader Platform at Match-Trade Technologies. The company is based in Limassol, Cyprus. He joined in 2023 and helped a lot with business growth and operations to make the platform more popular and widely used. Before that, Droussiotis worked for over six years at PrimeXM in Cyprus. There, he held senior jobs such as Chief Information Officer and Director for Operations and Business Support.
NinjaTrader Group picked Christopher Tripp as its new General Manager for International markets. This move supports the futures trading platform’s push into Europe. NinjaTrader, which is owned by Kraken, has just started operating in the European market. The company plans to use Tripp’s skills to grow its global plans. His work will focus on making the platform easier to access, improving prices, and teaching traders outside the United States.
At Freetrade, CEO Viktor Nebehaj will leave his role this summer. He has been with the company for almost ten years and helped start the commission-free investment platform. Nebehaj said it is the right moment for him to step back after so many years of hard work to build the business. His exit comes after IG Group bought Freetrade last year for £160 million, using its own money for the deal. Even after the buyout, Freetrade keeps running as its own brand. During his time there, Nebehaj took on important roles like Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Growth.
Finally, Currency.com chose Alexander Kravets to become its U.S. Chief Executive. Kravets has more than 25 years of experience in creating and running regulated trading businesses. He held leadership positions at CEX.IO and Symbridge. This hire happens as Currency.com works to grow its rules and approvals across the United States. In October 2025, the platform got its 32nd money transmitter license, showing good progress toward covering the whole country.
(Source: Finance Magnates)
