Clearpool onboards new Head of Markets

As we progress on our journey to FCA regulation as an MTF we are happy to announce we just onboarded Simon Durno as our new Head of Markets. Simon brings 30+ years of trading experience from companies like Morgan Stanley and Stone Milliner.

As that short intro suggests Simon is a seasoned capital markets professional with over 30 years experience in both buy and sell side trading, along with senior management experience at two high profile financial institutions. Most recently as head of execution at Stone Milliner, a $6bn macro hedge fund, where he traded every asset class and product, both OTC and exchange based. Previously he was at Morgan Stanley, where he initially traded currency futures on the CME before heading up the international sales trading team with responsibility for covering the foreign exchange and fixed income product range into the firm’s global private wealth network.

He brings a high degree of experience in markets, trading and risk management as well as a deep understanding of exchange based trading. Throughout his career he has been involved in value add technology projects including being part of the team that built Morgan Stanley’s first electronic market maker and at Stone Milliner where he was responsible for the design and implementation of a new FX aggregator with daily volume of over a $1bn. He was also part of the regulatory team at Stone Milliner that helped integrate the MiFID II guidelines into the firm’s trading procedures. In addition he has vast experience in relationship management of liquidity providers, exchanges and other market facing technology providers.

Simon is based in London and we're very excited to have him onboard and are looking forward to him engaging our future member base as well as sharing his market insights to help shape our offering!