smartTrade appoints former Finastra exec Ludovic Blanquet as Chief Product &Strategic Planning Officer

By 8

Multi-asset e-trading solutions provider, smartTrade Technologies has appointed Ludovic Blanquet as the new Chief Product and Strategic Planning Officer. Based in London, the new executive will be responsible for assisting the company in the delivery of its e-trading solutions and capitalise on its eFX LiquidityFX (LFX) cloud offering. He will lead a team of strategy and product managers responsible for designing and delivering on the future product roadmap in collaboration with smartTrade’s ecosystem of customers, partners, and liquidity providers.

Ludovic will report to smartTrade CEO, David Vincent.

David Vincent, CEO, smartTrade said, “Drawing on his business leadership experience, Ludovic will provide fresh insights to our product priorities as we help our clients and the wider industry to further modernise capital markets technology. In this new era, staying ahead of the market structure and technology evolution is more important than ever to help market participants seeking higher returns.”

Previously, Ludovic was the Global Head of Product Strategy at Finastra. He also built Credit Agricole APAC’s global equities trading platform and was APAC regional director for SmartStream, a corporate banking software vendor. Ludovic has experience working across multiple international markets having lived in Tokyo, London and Singapore during his career.

Ludovic Blanquet said, “smartTrade is uniquely positioned to support the digitisation of trading across all asset classes. LFX end-to-end solution is a reliable, recognised leader delivering peace of mind to its clients – and this has certainly been tested in recent volatile markets. I’m truly excited to join smartTrade’s team and contribute to the further growth of smartTrade’s ecosystem.”