big xyt Appoints Gilles Meyruey As Head of Business Development (Continental Europe)

big xyt has appointed Gilles Meyruey as Head of Business Development (Continental Europe) to help expand its smart data and analytics solutions to the trading and investment community in the region.

Gilles Meyruey is an industry veteran with 35 years in senior positions in equities, derivatives, and bonds trading, execution services management and client management.

He has led top firms, including Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB), Dexia Securities France, Exane and Deutsche Bank.

Gilles Meyruey, Head of Business Development for Continental Europe at big xyt, commented: “I’m excited to join the talented and highly skilled team at big xyt. I have been watching their success in Europe over the past few years with great interest and have been impressed as their security analytics and execution analytics solutions have evolved and been adopted by global firms including leading exchanges, Tier 1 banks and buy-side clients. I’m looking forward to further driving expansion in Continental Europe and introducing our unique solutions to firms in the region.”

Robin Mess, CEO and Co-founder of big xyt, said “I’m pleased to welcome Gilles to our global leadership team, which covers EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific. The combination of Gilles’ experience with big xyt’s expanding portfolio of analytics solutions will be of tremendous value to the financial services industry, and will enable us to accelerate our growth and to develop our global capabilities across asset classes in partnership with our clients.”

big xyt helps participants navigate fragmented markets with its easily digestible information on trading analysis. The firm’s data analytics platform addresses the market challenges and provides clients access to independent, accurate and transparent results.

Market participants will be able to transform their trading performance and analysis while reducing the complexity and costs of their technology and operational requirements.

big xyt’s Liquidity Cockpit has recently been selected by Equiduct to demonstrate better and deeper liquidity, as well as monitor the performance of the market and, ultimately, continue to improve their value proposition.

The solution was implemented for security analytics, providing a consolidated view of trading activity to reflect the ongoing changes of market structure, along with an additional nine customized metrics.

big xyt has onboarded several leading names within the industry along the years, including Cboe Europe Equities, Liquidnet, and Acquis Exchange.

The firm has recently hired top executive Philip Barnes as Managing Director, Head of Business Development in the Asia Pacific, to further expand the company’s position in the region.