David Lyons

Electronic Trading and FX

David is an internationally experienced business leader with extensive experience across Financial Markets.

David was the Chief Operating Officer for Euronext’s FX business for 4 years, having previously been their head of FX product and business development.

He analyzed and reviewed all trading relationships on the platform, introduced key metrics to measure and monitor client behavioral patterns, and coordinated and prioritized platform enhancements. Between 2014 and 2016 David was the Global Head of EBS Hedge, where he conceptualized, designed, and delivered to market a new mid-matching trading offering.

David spent 11 years at RBS in FX. He was initially an FX trader, before moving into the electronic trading business, where he eventually became head of Spot FX electronic trading in London, and then head of Spot FX etrading in New York.

A proud Scot, David has more recently spent several years in the consulting business, specializing in strategic business planning and expansion, key metric performance tracking, competitor opportunity analysis, operational governance and control, new product development, data visualization, and large-scale project management.