In this position, he will be responsible for FIX consultancy and the support team aiming to significantly facilitate integration processes at customers' sites.

Mr Shoji joins MetaBit from JP Morgan Tokyo where he held the position of Operation Manager for the Asia FIX Client Connectivity team. He was also a representative on Japan's FIX Committee, contributing to the standardisation of the protocol. Prior to that, Hiroaki Shoji was developing FIX interfaces to equities order management systems at JP Morgan Tokyo.

As part of his assignment, Mr Shoji will also take the technical lead of the CameronFIX Exchange Line Handler support team. He will assist clients in pre and post sales consultancy.

"With this new appointment, MetaBit is well placed to continue its expansion in Japanese and other Asian markets', said Daniel Burgin, CEO of MetaBit Systems. "Mr Shoji brings with him excellent knowledge of the industry and technical expertise which will support our business objectives to provide flexible and high quality services to Japan’s financial market."