big xyt hires Philip Barnes as Head of Business Development in Asia Pacific

big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, announced that it has hired Philip Barnes as Managing Director, Head of Business Development in Asia Pacific.

As seen on his LinkedIn profile, prior to joining big xyt, Philip was Founding Partner and Chief Commercial Officer at Amaggio Partners. Prior to that, Philip held several senior Asia Pacific management positions. At NYSE Euronext he was Head of Global Derivatives Business Development and before that, Head of Sales for Fidessa, and Head of Sales for Sungard GMI. Philip was relocated to Singapore from London in 1995 by Thomson Financial where he was regional Managing Director for the Global Markets business.

Philip Barnes commented: "I'm delighted to join the excellent and highly skilled team at big xyt. I have been watching their rapid growth over the past few years. I'm looking forward to driving expansion in the Asia Pacific region and introducing these advanced solutions to my network."

Robin Mess, CEO and Co-founder of big xyt, said: "I'm pleased to welcome Philip to our team. During his career Phillip has gained invaluable experience in the financial services industry and his Asia Pacific market knowledge and network will be of tremendous value to big xyt as we continue to expand internationally, and as we develop our global capabilities in partnership with our clients further."