SuperDerivatives has appointed Chris Zingo as vice president sales and support for the Americas, a position which will see him based in the companys Americas headquarters in New York.
Before joining SuperDerivatives, Zingo served as senior managing director for Thomson Financials Corporate Services Group in North America where he was responsible for sales and services for Thomsons corporate customers. Prior to this, Zingo was vice president of sales at Bloomberg LP, where he led the sales efforts for the companys desktop, trading, and portfolio order management services. He began his career as a trader for Weiss Peck and Grier in New York.
“We have seen increased demand for our products and services in the North and Latin American markets, leading to our further expansion in these regions. Chris brings to SuperDerivatives a proven track record building sales teams and driving revenue growth for major players in the financial services industry. His leadership will be instrumental in enabling us to continue to deliver superb solutions and services to our clients,” says Russel Levi, executive vice president and global head of sales, SuperDerivatives.
“I am excited to be joining SuperDerivatives at this time as the company is in a prime position to address the acute industry need for accurate derivatives pricing and revaluation. Having served with world class organisations such as Thomson and Bloomberg, I see a great opportunity for SuperDerivatives to fortify its position as a leading technology and service provider for the derivatives market,” adds Zingo.
SuperDerivatives products and services are used by numerous companies from both the buy and sell side. Its real-time pricing platforms are used by most banks around the world, as well as numerous corporations, asset managers, hedge funds, auditors and official institutions.
SuperDerivatives recently was recognised as Best Provider of Derivatives Data 2007 by an Inside Market Data poll.