Capital.com has appointed financial industry veteran, Christopher Brankin as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of its Singapore business.
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as CEO and Executive Director at Capital Com Singapore! I am excited to build a new business in Singapore,” Brankin wrote in a Linkedin post.
The hiring came when Capital.com has been aggressively adding executives in the Asia Pacific. Most recently, the broker hired Angela Shi as APAC CFO, following the hiring of Laura Lin as APAC CEO last September and Chul Lim as the Asia CEO.
Additionally, Peter Hetherington, who previously headed IG, took over as the CEO of Capital.com and Currency.com in May after the resignation of Jon Squires.
Addition of an Industry Veteran
According to his Linkedin profile, Brankin joined Capital.com earlier this month. He brings more than two decades of trading industry experience to his new role with the retail broker.
He joined Capital.com from TD Ameritrade, which is owned by Charles Schwab and is a popular retail electronic trading platform in the US. He spent almost the last 15 years of his career with the Asian subsidiary of TD Ameritrade and was the Asia CEO and Executive Director for the last 11 years. He also held the role of the CEO at the Singapore entity of the American broker.
The appointment of such an experienced industry expert clearly shows the ambitions of Capital.com in Singapore and other Asian markets.
Meanwhile, client demand on Capital.com is skyrocketing after the impact of the pandemic on the retail trading market. The platform posted a 229 percent trading volume increase in the first quarter of 2022 following a 350 percent jump in 2021 client numbers.
Capital.com has appointed financial industry veteran, Christopher Brankin as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of its Singapore business.
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as CEO and Executive Director at Capital Com Singapore! I am excited to build a new business in Singapore,” Brankin wrote in a Linkedin post.
The hiring came when Capital.com has been aggressively adding executives in the Asia Pacific. Most recently, the broker hired Angela Shi as APAC CFO, following the hiring of Laura Lin as APAC CEO last September and Chul Lim as the Asia CEO.
Additionally, Peter Hetherington, who previously headed IG, took over as the CEO of Capital.com and Currency.com in May after the resignation of Jon Squires.
Addition of an Industry Veteran
According to his Linkedin profile, Brankin joined Capital.com earlier this month. He brings more than two decades of trading industry experience to his new role with the retail broker.
He joined Capital.com from TD Ameritrade, which is owned by Charles Schwab and is a popular retail electronic trading platform in the US. He spent almost the last 15 years of his career with the Asian subsidiary of TD Ameritrade and was the Asia CEO and Executive Director for the last 11 years. He also held the role of the CEO at the Singapore entity of the American broker.
The appointment of such an experienced industry expert clearly shows the ambitions of Capital.com in Singapore and other Asian markets.
Meanwhile, client demand on Capital.com is skyrocketing after the impact of the pandemic on the retail trading market. The platform posted a 229 percent trading volume increase in the first quarter of 2022 following a 350 percent jump in 2021 client numbers.
