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Saxo In UK Names Financial Industry Luminary As Non-Executive Director
Tom Burroughes
4 September 2014
Saxo Capital Markets UK, a subsidiary of Denmarkâs , has appointed a luminary of the derivatives industry, Anthony Belchambers, as non-executive director. During his time at the Association, he founded and led cross-industry initiatives and groups, including MiFID Connect, the Joint Association Financial Transaction Tax Group, the Transatlantic Coalition on Financial Regulation and, more recently, the International Cross-Border Regulation Forum. Belchambers is also co-founder of the Advisory Group to the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum and founder of the Associate Parliamentary Group on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. He continues to serve as Deputy Chairman of both organisations.
Belchambers joins from FIA Europe, formerly the Futures & Options Association, which he founded in 1992 and where he was chief executive until March 2014. He remains a special adviser to FIA Europe.
Saxo Bank was established in Copenhagen in 1992 and it has operated in the UK since 2006, providing services to institutions and private clients.