Christopher Brown has moved to Instinet, equity trading arm of Nomura, to head up the LSET (latency sensitive electronic trading) business.
Brown joins Instinet from JP Morgan, where he spent nearly four years as executive director within quantitative investment strategies (QIS).
Brown’s new remit is to help grow Nomura’s LSET business but also assist with the buildout of the firm’s quantitative prime brokerage.
He will report to Salvador Rodriguez, EMEA head of global execution services, Instinet, told BEST EXECUTION: “Christopher brings with him a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise in low latency trading. This skill set will prove invaluable as we embark on the next stage of our growth plans and journey with our clients. Meeting our clients’ needs is at the heart of everything that we do and bringing Christopher onto the platform is further evidence of our commitment to them and our franchise.”
Announcing the news of his move on social media, Brown said that as executive director, he will be taking Instinet’s LSET business “to greater heights”. Brown added: “I’m particularly excited given Instinet’s technology heritage and innovative approach to providing compelling client solutions in partnership with Nomura. Here’s to joining a dynamic team focused on delivering world-class execution solutions.”
Prior to JP Morgan, Brown spent time at Citi as director for systematic and quant trading solutions and at Deutsche Bank, as a director within the firm’s autobahn equity sales and trading, low latency DMA (direct market access).
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