Christoffer Rosenkilde Nielsen Joins Equiti Group as Chief Technology Officer

(Source: LinkedIn)

Equiti Group, a world class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products, has announced the appointment of Christoffer Rosenkilde Nielsen as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role, Christoffer will be responsible for driving the company's global technology strategy by fostering a strong engineering culture as well as providing technical leadership across all areas of the business.

He brings over 10 years of experience in fintech sector to Equiti Group, having previously held positions at Saxo Bank, ATP, and more recently worked at Euronext Securities as Chief Information Officer.

Christoffer gained his Master's and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Technical University of Denmark, and obtained an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

"We are delighted to welcome Christoffer to the Equiti team as our new CTO," said Iskandar Najjar, CEO of Equiti Group. "His extensive fintech experience will support the company's ambitions to further transform our product offering and operations, which will be critical to our continued success as we explore new ways to leverage our technology and propel future growth."

"The vision and ambition at Equiti captured my attention immediately," commented Christoffer, the new CTO of Equiti Group. "Particularly the vision to deliver a world-class user experience and innovate the way clients trade. We are all technology users, and success is determined by how we adopt and use that technology. Equiti has a great culture and I look forward to working closely with the talented team of engineers to enhance our product offerings further."

Earlier this year, the company announced several appointments. It had named Deliveroo's Former Head of People Marta Ilbak​ as Global Head of Human Resources, following the appointments of Benjamin Susanna as Head of Client Retention and Gaurang Desai​ as Managing Director of Strategy.