Skilling appoints Antonia Zeniou Droussiotou as global head of brand

Skilling, an online-only broker offering CFD and forex trading across the globe, announced it has hired Antonia Zeniou Droussiotou as its Global Head of Brand. This appointment comes as Skilling continues its' fast growth in the trading and fintech field while focusing on brand engagement and improving the platform's customer-centric experience.

Antonia Zeniou Droussiotou will join the Skilling senior leadership team and will report to Chief Commercial Officer, Pavel Spirin.

As seen on her Linkedin profile, Droussiotou served as Head of Brand and Communications at NAGA, a fintech company. Prior to that, she worked as Chief Marketing Officer at ArgusFX, a Cyprus-regulated MT4 broker offering trading in FX, CFDs & futures. Droussiotou was part of the marketing team that established the FXTM brand. She obtained her bachelor degree in Marketing Management from City University of New York in 2005.

​Droussiotou commented: "Skilling has made incredible headway this last year, establishing itself as a top-ranking retail FX platform. Having secured partnerships with global chess superstar Magnus Carlsen and Premier League football club Aston Villa, Skilling has a great story to tell. I'm looking forward to working alongside the team to drive forward demand and create lasting customer relationships."

Also commenting on the appointment, Pavel Spirin, CCO of Skilling, said Droussiotou brings with her a solid foundation of how to drive customer engagement and market innovation.

"Her experience across both online and offline marketing channels combined with the technical aspects of the assets our platform provides makes her a perfect fit in a series of significant to help us reach numerous growth milestones for here at The Skilling Group."

Skilling was established in 2016 by Optimizer Invest, an investment company started by the Norwegian and Swedish tech entrepreneurs André Lavold, Henrik Persson Ekdahl and Mikael Riese Harstad. It aims to make trading interesting and accessible to everyone, in a transparent and secure way.