Based on Dubai, the institutional broker of multiple assets, GTN, announced that the company has hired Jon Lester as a new CEO of the Middle East. Based in the UAE, Jon will serve as a “#2” to CEO of GTN UAE Damian Bun, who joined the company from EXNESS last year.
Jon Lester is a career banker, with stops at Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Standard Bank Group and the Nigerian Bank, where he was a UK business. He also holds superior roles in banks in Russia, workers in Moscow for a five-year period (2011-2016) for Renaissance Capital and Sberbank. More recently, Jon was a COO of the emerging fixed income market and investment money market at Frontier Capital Group in Abu Dhabi.
Damian Bun said,
“In a period of excellent growth. We need to ensure that our body works smoothly. It applies best practices so that our customer’s user experience is the best in the industry.”
GTN is supported by IFC strategic investors, a member of the World Bank Group, and SBI Group, one of the largest financial services companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.