The team is bolstered to serve and focus on the needs of the buy-side community, ensure dark pool provision, low latency access and liquidity seeking algos.

Peter Johansson extends his responsibilities with the position as Global Head of Equities based in Stockholm, overseeing the sales and trading teams globally. Peter was previously Head of Trading and has been driving the international expansion of Neonet's trading capabilities and he will extend this leadership with the combined responsibility for sales and trading.

Peter Johansson, Global Head of Equities, commented, "I see an increasingly complex equity market where Neonet's combination of technology and services can make a big difference for traders' ability to capture opportunities in the markets, both on the buy-side and sell-side. I look forward to working with a very strong and talented team in developing our business and continue to bring value to our clients."

Patrik Ristner will be Global Head of Sales, based in Neonet's London office. Patrik has an extensive experience in trading and technology from setting up and being responsible for Pan Capital in Hong Kong and Orc Software in Chicago. He will be managing a team of eleven sales people across five offices in Europe and USA.

Neonet also adds senior sales executives both in Europe and USA. In the US Lynn Cannizzaro and Jerome DeSantis have joined. Lynn has a depth of experience in the electronic trading sector from Painewebber, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, and Société Générale. Jerome joins with a strong sales background selling global agency brokerage services from Axes and Bloomberg Tradebook and technology solutions for GL Trade in New York. In the UK Christian Bower joins from Portware, where he was responsible for sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa and has led Portware's expansion outside the US.

"The major structural changes in equity markets are a great opportunity for Neonet. With a superior technology platform combined with talented people we stand ready to deliver value in an increasingly globally integrated equity market," Patrik Ristner, Global Head of Sales comments. "It is exciting to be heading up such a great global team of enthusiastic and talented people."