Finalto Group CCO Stavros Anastasiou Appointed Markets.com CEO

<p>Stavros
Anastasiou, the Group Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Finalto, has been selected as the new
Chief Executive Officer of the fintech company’s retail brokerage unit,
Markets.com. However, the senior executive's LinkedIn profile shows he secured the appointment earlier in May. </p><p>Markets.com
Gets New CEO</p><p>Anastasiou takes up the new task after serving in the former
role for over five years, starting in
January 2018. He previously worked for Markets.com when he served as the Chief
Compliance Officer of Safecap Investments Limited between 2016 and 2018.
Safecap, which is regulated
by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, is the operator of
Markets.com.</p><p>Anastasiou brings about 15 years of compliance management in the retail forex
industry experience to the new executive position. Before
joining Finalto, he worked for rival retail brokerage FxPro Group for
over six years, serving in the last year as the Chief Compliance Officer. </p><p>Outside the forex industry, Anastasiou worked in the professional
services industry between 2005 and 2009 in the employment of rival Big Four accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. While he was a Senior Advisor on Mergers and Acquisitions at PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Greece, he earlier served as an Audit Senior at Deloitte.</p><p>Meanwhile, Finalto has made several executive
appointments in recent months, including <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/kenneth-lim-joins-finalto-asia-as-head-of-liquidity/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Kenneth Lim</a> as Head of Liquidity in Asia, <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/finalto-appoints-paul-groves-as-finalto-uk-b2b-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Paul Groves</a> as UK B2B CEO, <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/finalto-strengthens-its-sales-team-with-former-is-prime-senior-marco-maggioni/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Macro Maggioni</a> as Sales Director, and <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/finalto-appoints-klelia-orphanidou-as-b2b-head-of-regulatory-compliance/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Klelia Orphanidou</a> as B2B Head of Regulatory Compliance.</p><p>Exclusive
Markets Hires Tixee’s Exec as CCO</p><p>In related news, Exclusive Markets on Friday announced the appointment of Afa Haghdoust, the former
Head of Partnerships at Cyprus-based brokerage, Tixee, as its new Chief Commercial Officer. This is
even as M4Markets <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/brokers/exclusive-m4markets-acquires-client-assets-of-fxcfds-broker-tixee/" target="_blank" rel="follow">recently acquired</a> the client assets of
Tixee.</p><p>Haghdoust,
who also previously worked for Captialxtend, FXTM and Option Rally, brings
seven years of online trading industry experience to the role.</p>

This article was written by Solomon Oladipupo at www.financemagnates.com.