Currenex, a provider of foreign exchange and money market trading applications, has hired Tomas Zikas as Managing Director of New Business Development. He has been brought onboard to expand the reach of Currenex’s business into additional asset classes.
Zikas spent four years as Global Head of Sales at Trayport where he provided matching engine and front-end technology for real-time, continuous trading across multiple asset classes in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Previously, Zikas was Managing Director of the OTC commodity exchange HoustonStreet Exchange Ltd in London, facilitating trading in newly deregulated European electricity contracts.
“Tom will be vital in working with existing clients and new prospects who can utilize our superior trading technology to move into new areas of business,” says Clifford M. Lewis, the Chairman and CEO of Currenex.
Zikas is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as officer onboard nuclear submarines, and worked with NATO in the United Kingdom.