People Moves: LiquidityBook, BondIT, Sterling Trading Tech, Old Mission

LiquidityBook taps Sayant Chatterjee as chief operating officer

LiquidityBook, a software-as-a-service-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has announced the hire of Sayant Chatterjee as chief operating officer. In this role, he will drive strategic alignment across all departments and help execute plans for expansion, with a primary focus on enhancing LiquidityBook’s sell-side products and services.

Chatterjee has over 20 years of experience in  capital markets technology. He joins LiquidityBook from JonesTrading, where he served as chief information officer for over seven years. In this role, he spearheaded product development initiatives to create trading services across all of Jones’ business lines. He also worked at Fidessa for nearly 13 years and worked on all aspects of the business.

He will be based in LiquidityBook’s New York office.

David Curtis appointed head of global client business at BondIT

BondIT, a provider of asset and wealth management technology, has appointed Dr David Curtis as partner and head of global client business. Curtis will spearhead BondIT’s client expansion globally.

Curtis joins BondIT after 16 years at Goldman Sachs asset management, where he headed the firm’s UK institutional business. Prior to this, he was head of UK retail at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (now BlackRock) after several years in systematic fixed income, FX, derivative and commodity trading at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Sterling Trading Tech adds Antonio Manuel Abad

Sterling Trading Tech, a provider in trading technology solutions for equities, equity options, futures, and digital asset trading, has announced the appointment of Antonio Manuel Abad as the OMS and infrastructure product manager.

Abad’s experience includes work at a variety of firms, including Bloomberg, where he was a trading platform architect and in lead engineer roles where he designed and supervised the development and operation of automated trading technologies.

Jeremy Haney to head talent management at Old Mission

Market maker Old Mission has announced the addition of Jeremy Haney as head of talent management. He will oversee all people operations globally in a newly-created role as the firm continues its rapid growth.

Haney joins Old Mission with more than 20 years of experience in the finance, telecommunications and technology industries, having held multiple senior recruitment roles. He most recently served as head of sourcing and candidate development for hedge fund Citadel. He was also previously an engineering recruiter at Google and held senior roles at loyalty program provider Belly and at technology recruitment firm TEKsystems.

He is based at Old Mission’s headquarters in Chicago.