The sales teams will have geographical assignments across Europe and will be key drivers of business development in the various regions. The overall responsibility for each region will be allocated to three new managing directors, two of which have already been appointed.
Daniel Pouget joins as a Managing Director responsible for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, French speaking Switzerland and Spain. He has over thirty years experience in the financial world and was previously CEO of Instinet France for eight years. He will be based in Nasdaq Europe's Paris office.
David J Gandy is appointed as Managing Director for the UK, Ireland, Nordics and Netherlands. David was previously with Reuters as Global Managing Director of the Equities and Fixed Income Business and laterly as MD Commercial and Business Strategy for Global Accounts. He has over 20 years experience of working in the financial world and has lived and worked in six countries. He will be based in Nasdaq Europe's London office.
Nasdaq Europe will announce the appointment of a third Managing Director to cover the German-speaking part of Europe [including Germany, Austria and Switzerland] shortly.
Commenting, Mike Sanderson, CEO, Nasdaq Europe said: "This is an exciting moment for Nasdaq in Europe. With the introduction of the ETS and last year's activity we have now assembled the necessary foundation to create an attractive commercial offering. Whilst 2002 will see further progress and activity as we develop Nasdaq's European operation, we are also now focusing on generating new issuers and members and raising the levels of service for existing customers. David and Daniel's experience shows that they are both exceptionally qualified to drive this process forward and I am delighted to welcome them to the exchange."
