AccessFintech Strengthens Leadership Team to Support Continued Growth and Innovation

NEW YORK, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AccessFintech, the data network driving capital optimization and greater operational capacity, today announced an expanded leadership team to support its next phase of growth and innovation. The new leadership team combines deep industry expertise with proven operational leadership to further advance AccessFintech's mission: transforming financial operations through real-time collaboration, transparency and continuous innovation.

Leading the new team is Acting Chief Executive Officer John Shay, who joined the firm in early 2025. Shay brings over 30 years of senior management experience across a broad range of capital markets leaders, including Virtu, Nasdaq, TP ICAP, Broadway Technology (now part of Bloomberg) and Acadia (now part of LSEG). Most recently, John served as CEO of American Financial Exchange (AFX), which was acquired by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in January 2025.

"Over the past nine years, AccessFintech has built a tremendous reputation for quality and innovation among the world's leading financial institutions, who both back us as investors and leverage our solutions as clients," said Shay. "Today's announcement of our new leadership team builds on that strong foundation – one defined by industry experience, execution discipline and a deep commitment to our clients – and positions us for our next phase of growth as we work to further scale the business."

In addition to the hiring of Shay, AccessFintech appointed existing business unit heads to the leadership team, including:

• Chris Daur, Chief Revenue Officer, a former Goldman Sachs Managing Director with over 23 years of experience in financial services, whose deep expertise in post-trade strategy and client solutions is instrumental in driving our client-centric growth agenda.
• Steve Fazio, Co-founder, has been instrumental since AccessFintech's inception and remains a driving force behind our product vision and innovation strategy. Fazio brings extensive experience across both technology and buy-side operations.
• Tom Granelli, Chief Product Officer, a former DTCC Managing Director, with extensive experience in capital markets, risk management and financial technology product leadership.
• Pardeep Cassells, Chief Client Officer, who brings over 15 years of experience, including leadership roles during a decade-long tenure at BNP Paribas. Cassells has successfully built and scaled client success organizations, consistently delivering high-impact results.
• Rami Kachlon, Chief Technology Officer, who has a proven track record of delivering cutting-edge market infrastructure solutions with a strong emphasis on stability and scalability. Kachlon brings over 20 years of experience in leading technology initiatives across the financial industry.
• Chris Bujakowski, Chief Financial Officer, who brings over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and business operations. Bujakowski previously led financial strategy and infrastructure buildout at high-growth technology firms, including Thought Machine.

About AccessFintech
AccessFintech enables improved data sharing and workflow collaboration to evolve the financial industry's operating model. At its core is the AccessFintech Synergy Network, a modern and secure collaboration network that allows for resolution and decision-making in one place. It facilitates data collaboration at scale and provides more visibility into transaction data and access to benchmarking insights. Synergy's workflow optimization speeds and simplifies transactions through digital automation, mutualizes risk and allows for better, more enlightened decision-making across organizations and functions. It also offers broad technology distribution that provides industry-wide connectivity to new technologies, reducing the cost of ownership for all. The Synergy Network has built a critical mass of data, participants and solutions with leading financial institutions and processes over a billion transactions every month. For more information, please visit accessfintech.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X.

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