Darryl Hooker Joins Gil Mandezis’ Capitolis as a Consultant

Darryl Hooker, Consultant at Capitolis
Long time industry veteran Darryl Hooker has joined technology provider Capitolis. The long-time industry veteran bets known for his career at ICAP’s Brokertec division will serve as a consultant. His role will be focused on business development.

Capitolis was co-founded by , Tom Glocer and Igor Teleshevsky. The trio received a series A funding round to the tune of 20 million after a seed round from Sequoia Capital of $9 million.
Darryl has been Co-Head of EBS Brokertec Markets for almost two decades. He is also a committee member of the ACI-UK Financial Markets Asscoaition and holds a Chairmanship at the International Rubble Settlement Forum.
Capitolis Products
The company has a set of products focused on FX and equities. is the firm’s FX-focused post-trade platform that automates manual workflow. By mitigating inefficiencies related to regulatory capital and tightening client credit capacity, the company aims to deliver optimal connectivity to the FX market.
Another product which the firm has been working on over the past several months is Capitolis Switch. This solution is aimed at connecting clients with trade processors. By optimising relationships, the most efficient providers of execution and balance sheet services can get connected to new customers.
The firm’s Finance product is aimed at bringing together short-term investment returns demand with global banks who aim to raise the profile of their client trading franchises.
The company got funded in March and has been since developing its products portfolio. The firm is ISO 27001 certified and aims to bring together buy-side, blaance sheet providers and trade processors.
The team which is at the core of Capitolis shares fast experience across financial markets. Back in March, the firm announced that Mandelzis is joined by former of Credit Suisse executive Justin Klug, former Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Joseph Tarditi, and former of Morgan Stanley and Citi exec David Lamb.

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