CEO Will Geyer has left Los Angeles based brokerage JonesTrading on October 15 to pursue other opportunities. William Packy Jones, JonesTrading chairman, has assumed the CEO post.
The company explained that Geyer had been instrumental in expanding JonesTradings technology platform and the types of instruments traded.
“Now that these initiatives are implemented, Geyer has made the decision to move on from JonesTrading to pursue other professional opportunities,” a company statement concluded.
Geyer joined JonesTrading as President in April 2007 as part of a strategic review undertaken by Jones.
In 2008 Will Geyer became CEO, replacing Jones.
Will Geyer joined JonesTrading from Citigroup, where he was responsible for the strategic development and deployment of their global front end electronic trading platform. Prior to that post Geyer managed Citigroups Global Alternative Execution business, which included the development, trading and sales of the firms algorithms, DMA, program trading, transition services and connectivity functions. Before joining Citigroup he managed U.S. Equity trading at Barclays Global Investors.