Match-Prime Hires Kraken's Andreas Englezoudis as Head of Dealing on Own Account

Match-Prime, a CySEC-regulated prime-of-prime liquidity provider, has appointed Andreas Englezoudis as Head of Dealing on Own Account. He joins from crypto exchange operator Kraken, where he served as Finance Manager.

Englezoudis brings nine years of finance experience across regulated brokerage and digital assets. He started in 2017 at London Capital Group in Cyprus, then regulated by CySEC and the FCA, working on client money, reconciliations and financial controls. He subsequently spent more than seven years at CySEC-regulated Exclusive Capital, progressing from Head of Accounting to Financial Controller and then Finance Director and a member of the CEO's Office. There he oversaw finance, accounting, reconciliation and funding across the group's CySEC-regulated entities with a team of more than 10, and led the launch of its prop trading business line from concept to go-live.

In his most recent role at Kraken in Cyprus, he was responsible for client-asset safeguarding, treasury controls, regulatory reporting and the finance side of product launches in futures, equities and tokenised stocks. He holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from De Montfort University and is an ACCA advanced-level candidate.

Englezoudis said his career has centred on the intersection of trading and finance, including client money reconciliation, client-asset safeguarding, regulatory reporting and product launches, and that dealing on own account brings those areas together. He said he wants the desk to see exposure, hedging, flow and profitability in real time so it can act early when conditions change.

Vladimiros Spanos, COO of Match-Prime, said running a dealing book well is one task, while being able to state exactly what is on it at any moment and across every entity is a second and harder one to hire for, and that this is the role Englezoudis was hired to fill.

Match-Prime provides prime-of-prime liquidity to regulated brokers across more than 2,000 instruments in eight asset classes. It is a trading name of MTG Liquidity Ltd, authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (licence 390/20). Its services are for professional clients and eligible counterparties only.