OSTC, a global derivatives trading and education business, has announced the appointment of Ian Cohen as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO, effective February 11.

Cohen joins from HSBC where for the last five years he has been Managing Director, Global Head Market Structure and Execution Strategy at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Prior to this he was Global Chief Strategy Officer and COO of HSBC Equities, where he was based in London and Hong Kong. During his time in Asia, Cohen also served as Chairman of HSBC Securities in Taiwan and Singapore, and Chairman of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association.

He joined HSBC in 2005 from Buttonwood Tree Group, an AIM-listed financial services consultancy where he was a founding member and Chief Executive Officer. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Jiway Broker Services, the cash equities exchange created by Morgan Stanley and OM Group.

Cohen formerly held senior leadership positions as European Head of External Risk Assessment with Morgan Stanley, Global COO of Technology for Barclays Capital and IT Director for Clearstream and Chairman of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe.

He takes over from Ian Firla who, after ten years in the role, moves to become OSTC's Head of Innovation, a newly created role. He will focus on long-range idea generation and will evaluate where OSTC can apply technology from unrelated industries to generate disruption and create tangible value.

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OSTC, a global derivatives trading and education business, has announced the appointment of Ian Cohen as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO, effective February 11.

Cohen joins from HSBC where for the last five years he has been Managing Director, Global Head Market Structure and Execution Strategy at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Prior to this he was Global Chief Strategy Officer and COO of HSBC Equities, where he was based in London and Hong Kong. During his time in Asia, Cohen also served as Chairman of HSBC Securities in Taiwan and Singapore, and Chairman of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association.

He joined HSBC in 2005 from Buttonwood Tree Group, an AIM-listed financial services consultancy where he was a founding member and Chief Executive Officer. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Jiway Broker Services, the cash equities exchange created by Morgan Stanley and OM Group.

Cohen formerly held senior leadership positions as European Head of External Risk Assessment with Morgan Stanley, Global COO of Technology for Barclays Capital and IT Director for Clearstream and Chairman of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe.

He takes over from Ian Firla who, after ten years in the role, moves to become OSTC's Head of Innovation, a newly created role. He will focus on long-range idea generation and will evaluate where OSTC can apply technology from unrelated industries to generate disruption and create tangible value.