Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alex Rich, Claudio Capozzi
August 25, 2008
Interdealer brokerage BGC Partners announced that Jean-Pierre Aubin, previously executive managing director and global head of listed products in Europe, is moving to New York, where he will lead a worldwide listed products group, including equity derivatives, cash equities, futures and options on futures, and structured products. Since joining in 2005 from Viel-Tradition Group, where he ran the company's European operations, Aubin "has been a key part of our management team responsible for the tremendous growth of BGC's operations in continental Europe," said BGC Partners president Shaun Lynn. "We wish him every success in replicating this growth on a global basis from New York." Aubin, who will continue to report to Lynn, cited the "opportunity to further develop our hybrid model of voice and electronic broking services for listed products. We now have a fantastic foothold in Europe, including over 150 brokers in France alone, and we are excited by the potential elsewhere in the world." BGC Partners was formed in April through the merger of two Cantor Fitzgerald spin-offs--the primarily voice-based BGC and electronic-focused eSpeed.
Data management systems provider Asset Control is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific, relocating Alex Rich to Australia, where it is opening a regional office. Rich, formerly sales director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa, will be the Asia-Pacific sales director-Singapore is its primary office in the region. Replacing Rich, who joined the company in 2001, in London is Claudio Capozzi, a nine-year veteran of risk management solutions provider Algorithmics. Said Phil Lynch, president and CEO of Asset Control, "I am extremely pleased with Alex's contributions to the company's growth in Europe and excited that he'll be working on accelerating our growth in Asia, where our services can offer value as firms expand their businesses and become more globally invested."
