Newedge adds to transition & relationship management

20 Jan 2011
Newedge Prime Brokerage has announced two appointments to its Transition & Relationship Management teams in Europe. Both will be based in London, reporting to Preston Onstad, Head of Transition and Relationship Management for Prime Brokerage EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Samantha Cameron recently joined Newedge from UBS where she was running the Transition team for Equity Prime Brokerage services. Prior to that, Cameron was at Bear Stearns for 8 years where she worked on a product development team to build a Prime Brokerage offering. Effective immediately, Cameron is taking over as the Head of Transition Management EMEA. She will be managing the local Transition team and will be in charge of the on-boarding efforts for all Prime Brokerage accounts opened in the UK.

Guido Castiglioni joins Newedge in the role of ATS Relationship Manager. Castiglioni joins Newedge from Trading Technologies, where he spent 4 years as a Sales Manager working both in Geneva and in the UK. Prior to that, Castiglioni worked as a Sales Manager for Reuters for 7 years in both their Chicago and Geneva offices. Castiglioni will be responsible for building and strengthening Newedge’s current on-boarding and sales efforts for advanced trading services for Prime Brokerage clients in Europe.