Options Technology today announced the promotion of Laura McCann to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The appointment comes as Jon Lambert, who has served as CFO since January 2016, transitions to Senior Vice President (SVP) of Corporate Development, focusing on the company’s partnerships, mergers and acquisitions.
Laura McCann has held the position of Vice President Corporate Controller since joining the company in 2016. Prior to her tenure at Options, she held key roles at NYSE Euronext and Vela Trading and gained valuable experience in the fintech sector.
Danny Moore, President and CEO of Options, commented:
“Laura’s promotion to CFO is the next stage in our long-term strategy to build a world-class finance team serving the global business from our Belfast office. In 2016, Jon took on the challenge of laying the groundwork for this vision. Laura has been an integral part of the strategy since day one.
Like many global companies, we had a patchwork of finance teams scattered around the world, including larger teams in London, New York and Chicago. Consolidating this footprint into a high-functioning team, all based in Belfast, provides the platform to scale as the business continues to grow over the next five years.”
Laura McCann added:
“Working with Jon and the team on the journey over the past seven years has been an amazing experience. We have been involved in three acquisitions, most recently the purchase and integration of Fixnetix, a Fortune 500 company, and Activ Financial, a global market data company. We also backed the business in two major Private Equity majority investments, first with New York-based Bregal Sagemount in the summer of 2017 and then with ABRY Partners in December 2019. truly unique international business exposure for a financial group based Belfast”.
Jon Lambert added, “Moving into another role as a succession plan unfolds is extremely exciting. Helping Laura and the extended rockstar team come together and grow has been a joy. I look forward to working with them and continuing to support them as the business moves to the next level.”
The promotion of Laura McCann to CFO comes as the latest in a series of significant senior leadership appointments at Options, including Terry Hughes as Chief Marketing Officer, Micah Kroeze as Chief Product Officer, Marlena Efstratopoulou as Chief Risk Officer, Christy O’Kane as SVP , Global Head of Delivery and Larry Leibowitz to the company’s Board of Advisors.