Virt-x adds Julian Butterworth and Rachel Ellis to market relations and sales team

Virt-x, the London-based securities exchange and subsidiary of SWX Group, today announced two key appointments to its London-based Market Relations & Sales operations.

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Julian Butterworth joins as Market Relations & Sales Manager from Sungard, and Rachel Ellis joins as Relationship Manager from Thomson Financial.

Reporting into Patricia Lynch, Market Relations & Sales Director, Julian and Rachel are responsible for maintaining virt-x's ongoing relationship with members, and providing value-added services for new and existing members across virt-x's UK, Ireland and Scandinavian regions.

The new appointments highlight the importance virt-x is placing on maintaining a high level of satisfaction throughout its existing membership base, and on growing and developing its core business. virt-x is committed to ensuring fluid communication with market participants, and providing value-added services to its members in the fast-developing and increasingly regulated trading environment.

Julian Butterworth has over 12 years experience in the global financial markets, most recently with SunGard, where he was responsible for driving sales and business development of its trading and risk management solutions to both buy and sell-side organisations. Prior to joining Sungard, Julian was Sales Manager at Thomson Financial responsible for major accounts such as Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase and Bear Sterns. Julian began his financial career with Reuters.

Rachel Ellis has over nine years experience in the financial sector from financial markets client service and account management roles. Rachel joins from Thomson Financial where she was a Service Manager for strategic accounts, including Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Thomson Financial, Rachel held a position at Financial Times Information where she began her financial market career working with its Exshare product.

Jim Gollan, CEO of virt-x, commented: "These appointments highlight our ongoing commitment to member and market relations and the value we place on developing effective value-added services. Increased regulation and the impact of MiFID will be felt by our entire membership base, and we offer the expertise and technology to support our changing member needs in their trading activities."

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