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SuperDerivatives Appoints Anna Mazzone As Vice President for EMEA Sales

Date 01/11/2005

SuperDerivatives?, the benchmark system for options and the leading provider of option pricing, trading and risk management systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Mazzone as its new Vice President for Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). She will be based in SuperDerivatives’ London office.

Mazzone has had a long and successful career in the financial services industry and has an in-depth understanding of capital markets eCommerce and trading room technologies. During her career, she has worked in the US, Asian and European markets.

Prior to her appointment at SuperDerivatives, Mazzone was a Senior Vice President at Reuters where she managed several groups in her 14-year career with the company. In her last role she was in charge of the Major Client Group based in New York, where she managed a global team handling some of the company’s largest and most important accounts. Mazzone joined Reuters in 1991, after a successful career at Bank of America.

“We already have an exceedingly strong presence throughout the EMEA region. The sales force has expanded rapidly to meet the demand and it has become extremely important for us to recruit experienced and high-quality managers,” says David Gershon, Chief Executive of SuperDerivatives.

“SuperDerivatives is now extending the revolution it has initiated in the world of foreign exchange options to other asset classes and our sales force will grow further. Anna brings a huge amount of know-how and experience to the company, and she will play a major in leading and managing this growth,” he adds.

Anna Mazzone comments: “I’m extremely pleased to join such an innovative organization as SuperDerivatives, which is recognized as one of most influential companies in derivatives and which is acknowledged for setting new standards. I strongly believe that it will extend the success it has seen in FX to all other markets, and I look forward to being a part of that.”

SuperDerivatives’ products are used by numerous companies from both the buy and sell side. Its pricing platform for currency options, SD-FX™ is used by almost all the banks around the world that are active in currency options, and numerous corporations and hedge funds, auditors and central banks.