Singh, Maasland, Pounds and Vollemaere Join Fair Trading Technology Advisory Board

LONDON, May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Fair Trading Technology, one of Europe's leading integration technology solution providers to the retail FX broking community, has appointed four members to its London-based Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board members include:

- Jasbir Singh, former Managing Director, Marketplaces at Thompson Reuters and pioneer of its FX platforms over the past decade.
- Albert Maasland, CEO of Knight Capital Europe Limited, and former Chairman of Saxo Capital Markets UK.
- Jon Vollemaere, FintechFX entrepreneur and co-Founder of LetsTalkFX and FXecosystem.
- Anne Pounds, Financial Markets Advisor for a number of transformational FinTech programmes with firms including : CitiFX, Dresdner, EBS, ICAP, BT Radianz, CQG, Misys and SmartStream Technologies.

The appointments follow a significant programme of corporate expansion, which includes the opening of offices in London and New York, the acquisition of the mobile trading company iPhorex Inc., and the establishment of a beachhead presence in Asia.

Fair Trading Technology CEO Tim Haman said the wealth of experience the members of the Advisory Board bring will be very valuable as the company enters its next stage.

"We are delighted to have the support and advice of such a market savvy and insightful group. We have already benefited a great deal from their market understanding, strategic global vision and focused direction," said Mr. Haman.

"Fair Trading Technology is now executing its 'expansion plan' and we feel these key individuals offer us both significant competitive advantage as well as a track record of turning early stage firms like ours into industry leaders."

The incoming Advisory Board members are also looking forward to the opportunity to contribute to the company's growth and success over the coming months and years.

"Fair Trading Technology reminds me of the early days of AVT Technologies and it faces the same hurdles and opportunities," said Mr. Singh. "I look forward to helping them along that journey."

"Someone described the group as 'FX Dragons Den', which I quite enjoy," said Mr. Vollemaere. "It's a privilege to be a member of the advisory board, and is another example of how the retail vendor sector continues to be full of growing opportunities."

"Fair Trading Technology's core philosophy of honesty, security, innovation and transparency are key factors that will continue to enable them to be successful," said Ms. Pounds. "I very much look forward to working with the management team and being part of their Advisory Board."

About Fair Trading Technology

Fair Trading Technology is a rapidly growing technology provider, creating new and innovative solutions for the day-to-day problems facing foreign exchange brokers and their clients. Since 2010, our technology has been connecting trading platforms, liquidity providers and brokers of all sizes in a unique, seamless shared wallet environment. The company currently has operations in London, New York and Sweden.

SOURCE Fair Trading Technology