Saxo Bank Promotes Tara Tyan to Chief Operating Officer for MENA

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Fazzaco has learned that Tara Tyan has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Saxo Bank MENA.

"Excited to share that I've recently taken on a new role as Chief Operating Officer at Saxo Bank MENA! I'm thrilled to embrace this new step in my career and take on new challenges. Looking forward to the journey ahead," shared Tyan in a LinkedIn post yesterday.

This is an internal promotion, as Tyan has been with the company for almost six years. As seen on her LinkedIn profile, Tyan joined the Bank's MENA division in July 2018 as Regional Head of Marketing. During her time at Saxo Bank, Tyan has shown her capabilities and leadership skills, leading to various advancements in her role. From June to October 2022, she served as the Interim Global Head of Go-to-Market at Saxo Bank, and later took on the responsibility of Head of Go-to-Market for MENA, UK & Switzerland until March 2024. Tyan initially joined the bank in June 2015, where she held the position of Marketing Manager for MENA until March 2017.

Previously, Tyan held senior marketing positions at prominent financial services firms, including Global Events Manager at FxPro Group, Senior Marketing Manager at Equiti.com, and Marketing Director at JM Financial Services. Tyan began her career in the financial sector in June 2013 as the Regional Marketing Manager at Easy Forex, a leading online forex and CFD trading platform, where she worked for over a year.

Earlier this month, the bank updated its trading data for February 2024​, registering an unsatisfactory financial performance with the total trading volume of $358.3 billion, the lowest level in the past 17 months.