Seth Johnson

Seth has a long career in Financial Markets and was most recently CEO of Nex Markets & CME Cash Markets running the EBS and Brokertec platforms. Prior to that he was Global Head of Strategy for ICAP and also served as Managing Director of the ICAP OTC Interest Rate Options and Inflation team. During his time in these roles he oversaw the launch of multiple new platforms across various asset classes providing clients with execution capabilities, workflow solutions and risk management tools. Seth has also been a member of the NY FED FX Committee and worked closely with several regulatory bodies over the years. Outside finance, Seth is an active investor in many early stage companies. Seth holds a Bsc in International Business and Modern Languages from Aston University and attended an AMP at Harvard.

Balraj Bassi

Balraj Bassi has 18 years of experience within capital markets. Prior to Tradefeedr, Balraj co-founded Blacktree Investment Partners LLP in 2009, a macro-systematic currency hedge fund. Before Blacktree, Balraj worked at Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for FX sales within Institutional Client Group in Europe and heavily involved in Lehman Brothers’ rise in the electronic trading space in FX. Balraj also worked at State Street for 7 years and was an integral part of the team building the electronic trading platform franchise for State Street Global Markets being head of FX product. Balraj holds a BEng. in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from University College London (UCL).

Dr Alexei Jiltsov

Dr. Alexei Jiltsov has more than 20 years’ experience in capital markets and quantitative finance. Prior to Tradefeedr, Alexei co-founded Blacktree, a macro-systematic currency hedge fund. Before that, Alexei was building Quantitative FX franchise for Lehman Brothers and was responsible for managing $1.8bn of client capital. Alexei also held research positions at the London Business School and University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Alexei holds PhD in Finance from London Business School, MSc. in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University and MA in Economics from New Economic School. Articles written by Alexei have been published in the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics. His research has received awards and has been referenced by major policymakers.

Tim Cartledge

Tim holds or has recently held directorships at 24 Exchange, Brokertec, NEX SEF and EBS, the primary trading venues for the US Treasury and FX markets. He has over 25 years of experience in financial markets specialising in both currency options market-making and electronic trading generally. He has worked at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Dresdner Bank, Barclays Bank and most recently at NEX/CME as the Global Head of OTC FX Products. Tim is best known for his work as architect of the Barclays BARX FX trading platform. He has a degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University.