Saxo Bank has appointed Damian Bunce as chief client officer (CCO).
As CCO, Bunce will be responsible for the origination, retention and growth of Saxo Bank’s direct and wholesale business.
Bunce will begin his new role in February and will report to Kim Fournais, CEO and founder.
Prior to Saxo Bank, Bunce was managing director and global head of electronic markets at Sberbank CIB in Moscow for six years.
At Sherbank CIB, he was responsible for building and leading the electronic trading side of the business, as well as running the bank’s domestic retail brokerage business.
Before that, Bunce worked at Goldman Sachs for nine years where he led electronic execution sales for Europe.
Bunce also worked at Barclays Capital where he was managing director and head of European electronic sales trading and distribution for three years.
Fournais said: “We are very pleased to welcome Damian Bunce to drive our client-centric strategy, value proposition and the needs of our key customers.”
“Bunce’s specialist knowledge and experience complements our quest for continuous growth and scale within our industry.”
Bunce commented: “I am honoured to be joining Kim Fournais and his management team at a particularly interesting and pivotal time for Saxo Bank.”
“Saxo has an exceptional and longstanding reputation for innovation in financial technology and I very much look forward to capitalising on those strengths to deliver outstanding results for our clients and growth for the bank."
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