{"id":144379,"date":"2021-11-11T09:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=144379"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:28:27","slug":"exclusive-giorgos-stylianou-joins-nextmarkets-as-international-operations-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/exclusive-giorgos-stylianou-joins-nextmarkets-as-international-operations-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Giorgos Stylianou Joins nextmarkets as International Operations Head"},"content":{"rendered":"
nextmarkets has hired industry expert Giorgos Stylianou as the new Head of International Operations, the German online broker informed\u00a0<\/span>Finance Magnates<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n In his new role, Stylianou will be responsible to structure and operate the European and international expansion of the company\u2019s brand.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stylianou has over a decade of experience working in the financial industry and also with brokerages. He joined nextmarkets from Cyprus-based Libertex, where he was the European General Manager for two and a half years. He was also a board member of the EU-regulated Crypto Fund Ark36.<\/span><\/p>\n His work experience with brokers dates back to 2012 when he spent another two years as a General Manager at Forex Club, the operator of Libertex. Based in Cyprus, he started his career in 2011 at MAP S.Platis, a regtech company focusing on the financial services industry.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylianou has further served as a Director of the Association of Cyprus International Investment Firms and held advisory positions, helping the setting up and structuring of investment firms and funds in Cyprus and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n His appointment at nextmarkets came at a time when the neobroker is tapping several European markets with its commission-free services. It also secured $30 million in a Series B funding round from investors like Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Founders Fund, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are very pleased about the great interest and trust of both new and existing investors,\u201d said Manuel Heyden, co-founder and CEO at nextmarkets. \u201cThe growth potential is huge, and we are only at the beginning of a whole new era in which the stock market becomes fully democratized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dominic Heyden, co-founder and CTO, added: \u201cWe are particularly proud of the fact that we have in record time built an online broker active in so many European markets, built top-to-bottom on our own technology and with a comprehensive regulatory framework.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe Booming Commission-Free Brokerage Space<\/span><\/h2>\n