Nigel Brill Joins as Managing Director

We are expanding. Announcing today the launch of Wethaq Securities out of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) under the supervision of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). Wethaq Securities is offering brokerage services, starting with fixed income products, to emerging markets desks across GCC, Europe and Asia. Our counterparties will include major market makers, investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading desks, pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds. Wethaq Securities is part of the EMRGO Group catering to the needs of the GCC markets across primary issuance, custody, securities services, brokerage and fintech. GCC Private Markets, Made Global.

Bernard is a prominent figure in the global capital markets with 30+ years of experience in senior roles at systemic market and payment infrastructures; and particular experience in local currency bond markets, custody, collateral management and lending programs. Bernard will be providing his expert advice to the Board on our comprehensive fintech offering across primary issuance and securities services (issuer/custody) locally and internationally out of the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Having started from the open outcry pits of Matif in Paris and over a period of 30+ years, Olivier has established and/or moved, merged, spun off, managed operations for 7 exchanges in 6 different countries on 4 continents (including Astana International Exchange, Qatar Stock Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, Australian Derivatives Exchange and Euronext Paris). Olivier will be providing his expert advice to the Board, Chief Product Officer Dmitry Maslovsky and Chief Technology Officer Rainer Gellert on the development of our infrastructure (primary issuance, custody/securities services, and trading facilitation) for the private markets of #SaudiArabia, #UnitedArabEmirates and, in due course, the broader GCC.