MFX Compass Appoints New Global Head of Sales

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand and LONDON, February 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Former Goldman Sachs Managing Director brings wealth of institutional trading technology expertise to newly-created global distribution role

MahiFX has appointed Tom Robinson to the newly created role of Head of MFX Compass Sales.

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Based in London, Mr. Robinson will lead the global distribution of MFX Compass institutional e-FX trading technology. The appointment coincides with the firm's next phase of growth following numerous MFX Compass deployments in banks and brokerage firms across APAC, North America and Europe.

Mr. Robinson joins MFX Compass from Goldman Sachs Group, where he served as Managing Director and Global Head of e-FX sales. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2008 Mr. Robinson was Associate Director at Barclays Capital and previously held senior sales roles at Bloomberg. Mr. Robinson is a graduate of Bristol University.

Commenting on the appointment David Cooney, MahiFX Co-Founder and CEO said:

"Both Susan and I have worked together closely with Tom in the past and we know that he brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge. He is well respected within the industry both among clients and colleagues and we are confident that Tom will play a key role in providing and implementing high quality solutions and services to our clients. We look forward to working together again and, of course, converting him to the All Blacks."

"I am excited to be joining MFX Compass and to be working once again with David and Susan," said Mr. Robinson. "In a very short period of time the company has cemented its standing as technological innovators in the sector. I look forward to contributing to and furthering the momentum and successes that the company has already achieved."

MFX Compass is a division of MahiFX Ltd., a global foreign exchange technology provider.  MFX Compass trading technology gives banks, corporate entities and hedge funds rapid access to a scalable, highly-competitive 'out of the box' e-FX trading business while minimizing development costs, framework complexity and time to market.

Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Christchurch and maintains offices in London. MahiFX is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

For more information please visit http://mfxcompass.mahifx.com/

SOURCE MahiFX

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