Institutional FX and digital asset broker LMAX Group has announced the appointment of Chris Knight as Chief Executive Officer. Chris will relocate from Sydney to London and take up the role in the summer.
In his new role, Chris will initially focus on overseeing the operations and future strategic growth of the LMAX Digital business, the institutional cryptocurrency exchange operated by the LMAX Group, while Jenna Wright, CEO, is on maternity leave.
Chris Knight is an experienced financial markets professional having spent over 30 years in capital markets and FX and brings with him an extensive global network of institutional client and industry relationships. His distinguished career includes serving for the past eight years (2016-2024) as Head of Distribution and Liquidity Optimization APAC at XTX Markets, the creator of online marketplaces, and over ten years at Standard Chartered Bank where he was responsible for FX’s e-trading strategy , Rates and Credit, working on e-FX trading applications including a non-deliverable forward pricing engine, FX aggregation strategies and algorithmic and model trading. Chris started his career as an FX trader and spent over a decade working in Asia, based in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
More recently, Chris has held a number of industry roles as Director and President of ACI Australia and is also a member of the Australian Foreign Exchange Commission (AFXC), a representative forum of the Australian foreign exchange market.
David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, said:
“Chris has an excellent track record and pedigree in the financial markets and I am delighted to welcome him to the Group. His previous experience in global distribution, automated trading and liquidity provision across asset classes, combined with his breadth of institutional relationships will be of great benefit to the business as we continue to deliver the FX and digital asset capabilities us in the market”.
Chris Knight, CEO, LMAX Group, added,
“The LMAX Group has established itself as a fast-growing global business at the crossroads of traditional and decentralized finance. LMAX Digital is a leader in institutional digital asset trading and I look forward to leveraging my knowledge and network, working with David, Jenna and the rest of the leadership team to help realize their strategic vision.”
About LMAX Group
LMAX Group is a global financial technology company and independent manager of multiple institutional execution venues for foreign exchange and digital assets. The Group’s portfolio includes LMAX Exchange (institutional FX exchange, FCA regulated MTF and MAS regulated RMO), LMAX Global (FCA and CySec regulated brokers) and LMAX Digital (execution venue and GFSC regulated custodian).
LMAX Group is unique in offering market access to all segments of FX clients, turning the world’s largest asset class into an open, transparent market with fair, accurate and consistent execution. The LMAX Group serves funds, banks, asset managers, retail brokerage firms and other market institutions in more than 100 countries. The Group builds and operates its own high-performance, ultra-low-latency global exchange infrastructure, which includes counterpart engines in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.