A senior financial services and trading executive, Mr Giarratano brings almost 20 years of algorithmic and electronic trading experience to Cboe Australia, including at blue chip global brands such as BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Group.

Mr Giarratano joins Cboe Australia from BNP Paribas, where he served as Executive Director, Head of Electronic Equities Client Coverage APAC. In this role, Mr Giarratano was responsible for leading Deutsche Bank’s APAC electronic equities coverage team and clients through the transition of their global prime finance and execution business to BNP Paribas where he successfully continued to drive that business amongst their largest and most sophisticated trading partners.

Mr Giarratano will assume the responsibilities of former Cboe Australia Director, Head of Institutional Sales Murrough O’Brien, who has been promoted to APAC Head of Sales, BIDS Trading. In his new role, Mr O’Brien will oversee the launch of Cboe BIDS Australia^[1], which will provide Australia’s equity market with access to diverse and efficient forms of liquidity.

Cboe Australia Chief Executive Officer, Vic Jokovic, said: “We’re excited to bring James on board. He brings a wealth of global electronic trading experience to Cboe Australia and will play a crucial role in ensuring our institutional clients can realise the benefits of our tech migration, which will bring new capabilities to the Australian market for the first time.

“Concurrently, we’re pleased to announce that Murrough O’Brien has taken on a new role as APAC Head of Sales, BIDS Trading. Murrough will assume responsibility for the launch of Cboe BIDS Australia, which will introduce Australian market participants to a new generation of block trading.”

Mr Giarratano said: “I have always been passionate about working with people, technology and markets. Joining the Cboe Australia team and the broader Cboe group, given their new global and multi-asset footprint, is an exceptional opportunity to bring innovation to the Australian trading community. It’s an exciting time for the market and I look forward to helping our institutional clients benefit from Cboe’s investment in technology and innovation.”

He holds a B.A. in Economics (Cum Laude) from the University of Massachusetts.

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[1] subject to final regulatory approvals

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