People Moves: Opensee, LSEG, TS Imagine and more

Opensee taps Richard for managing director role

Opensee, which provides data access and analytics to financial institutions, has appointed Emmanuel Richard to the role of chief growth officer and managing director of North American operations, headquartered in New York.

Richard has 25 years of experience in the technology industry in Europe and the US. He joined Opensee from enterprise software support company Rimini Street, where he was senior vice president and general manager for Americas.

BestEx Research appoints Cousens to head of Emea equities role

BestEx Research, a provider of algorithmic execution and measurement solutions for equities, futures, and FX trading, has announced the appointment of Matthew Cousens to head of Emea equities.

Cousens joined BestEx Research with more than 22 years of experience in equities trading with a focus on electronic and algorithmic trading. Most recently, he was named head of Emea platform sales at Citi.

He has also served as co-head of electronic trading and head of Emea equities execution sales at Barclays and spent 12 years in Advanced Execution Services (AES) at Credit Suisse, becoming the co-head of AES sales for Emea.

Surecomp hires Weiser as CRO

Surecomp announced the appointment of Tal Weiser as chief revenue officer (CRO) to accelerate digital trade finance adoption and support the company’s growth objectives.

Weiser has over 20 years of experience in the fintech and telecommunication industries, and joins Surecomp from Finastra’s payments division.

TS Imagine expands North American sales team

TS Imagine, a cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial services firms, announced two sales hires in North America.

James Muench joins as sales director, where he will help develop TS Imagine’s fixed-income business in North America. Muench most recently led US credit sales at Tradeweb, and prior to that, he spent nine years at Barclays Capital.

Confluence appoints Binstock to board of directors

Software provider Confluence announced that Joan Binstock has joined its board of directors.

Abacus Group adds first CRO

Abacus Group, a security services provider to alternative investment firms, has appointed Jonathan Shapiro as its first CRO.

As CRO, he will institutionalize the sales strategy and processes required to expand Abacus Group’s technology platform, focusing on driving new client revenue growth and expanding the company’s sales team headcount to cover all geographies.

NeoXam names new CEO following Eurazeo investment

Financial software company NeoXam has announced Florent Fabre as its new CEO.

With over two decades of experience in the financial software industry, Fabre has served in various roles, including NeoXam COO and group managing director since 2015.

His promotion coincides with a recent investment made by Eurazeo in NeoXam, which has made the private equity firm the majority shareholder in NeoXam.