Advanced Markets Secures Sammy Christou as Chief Risk Officer

Advanced Markets, a wholesale provider of direct market access (DMA) liquidity, credit and technology solutions for institutional clients, recently announced that it has appointed Sammy Christou as its new Chief Risk Officer (CRO).

As seen on his Linkedin profile, Mr Christou left Equiti Capital after spending 3 years and 11 months with the brokerage. There, he was appointed as Head of Trading. Then he joined Advanced Markets. Before this role, London Capital Group procured him as Senior Trader from 2015 to 2017. Gain Capital utilised his services as Trader for 1 year and 9 months. Mr Christou's career began at GFT Markets, where he served as Dealer for more than 5 years.

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Commenting on the new appointment, Anthony Brocco, Founder and CEO of the Advanced Markets, said, “We are delighted to be welcoming Sammy Christou to Advanced Markets as our Chief Risk Officer. He has extensive experience in the Forex and CFD industry and brings us an innovative approach to quantitative eFX Trading that will further enhance the growth of our agency model.”

Let's recall that, Advanced Markets has announced the appointment of Samer Mourched as the CEO of the prime of prime broker’s newly established Bermuda entity​ in May. He will be responsible for leading the group’s emerging markets strategy. In addition, he will further expand on the firm’s product and market reach within developing regions.