Euronext
has appointed Georges Lauchard as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the firm’s operational strategy, policies, and execution in support of its ambition to become the leading market infrastructure in Europe. He is also becoming a member of the Managing Board of Euronext.
Lauchard worked in capital markets throughout his international career, having been the COO/CFO of JP Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank Technology team since February 2018 after 18 years at JP Morgan in London & Hong Kong, where he held numerous leadership roles including Head of Global Front Office Markets supervision, COO of Global Currencies and Emerging Markets Trading as well as COO of the Asia Markets and Investor Services Sales, Merger integration project manager, Operations and Client Service manager. Prior to JP Morgan, Lauchard worked for Paribas in New York.
Stéphane Boujnah, Euronext CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board, said: “We are excited to welcome Georges Lauchard to Euronext. As the company deploys its new three-year strategic plan ‘Let’s Grow Together 2022’, we are committed to make Euronext’s success scalable to grow further, and Georges will help the management team reinforce the execution of Euronext’s ambition. His deep knowledge of our industry, as well as his experience in managing large and complex organizations and executing transformations at scale, will be a great addition to the team.”
Georges Lauchard, Chief Operating Officer at Euronext, said: “I am delighted to join Euronext’s leadership team. Euronext has delivered significant growth over the past 4 years whilst diversifying from a pure exchange to a key infrastructure-as-a-service player for the financial industry and the real economy. I am looking forward to being part of the next phase of this journey as Euronext further accelerates its growth, and scales its technology platform whilst driving innovation with our clients.”
Most recently, the firm’s forex ECN service provider, Euronext FX, appointed Kelly Yount as Sales Director. Prior to that, she served as Director of FX prime brokerage division at Citi Group for a period of one year and two months. The firm also onboarded forex sector veteran Wyman Shing to serve as director of sales based out the firm’s Singapore office. The ECN division was formerly known as Fast Match FX but has since been rebranded as Euronext FX, serving as a subsidiary as Europe’s largest stock exchange operator and financial services provider Euronext post its acquisition in 2017.
