Richard Raeburn Appointed Chairman of TradeRisks
TradeRisks today announces the appointment of Richard Raeburn as Chairman.
Alex Pilato, founder and Chief Executive of TradeRisks commented: “Richard’s appointment is a real demonstration of our ambitions as we continue to expand into new markets both in the UK and overseas, and follows the achievement of the £1bn milestone for swaps undertaken on our OTC Exchange. We are seeing increasing demand for execution transparency and fair market competition for debt and hedging products from corporates and institutional investors alike which is driving exciting growth for the company. We look forward to drawing upon Richard’s wealth of experience in the emerging post-crisis regulatory environment and market for debt and derivatives.”
Richard Raeburn said “I am very pleased to take on the role of Chairman of TradeRisks. The company’s focus on transparency and new ways of helping borrowers and investors achieve their funding and risk management objectives is particularly relevant in today’s financial markets. The changing financial landscape offers significant opportunities to extend this disciplined focus more widely to the benefit of organisations in the public, private and the not-for-profit sectors.”
Richard Raeburn has been Chairman of the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) since October 2008 where he has been a leading figure in the debate around the future regulation of derivatives on behalf of the corporate sector.
Richard moved to the EACT from the UK’s Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) where he was Chief Executive between 2002 and 2008. Prior to this he was the Lead Partner in KPMG’s Corporate Treasury Practice where he built a successful global business advising corporate clients throughout Europe, North America, Middle East and Australasia. Before joining KPMG, Richard held a number of senior treasury and management positions in the corporate and financial sectors.