Jennifer Mermel, BTIG
BTIG has appointed Anton LeRoy as President and Jennifer Mermel as Chief Operating Officer. In the newly created role as President of BTIG, LeRoy will help lead the firm’s ongoing expansion and architect company strategy. He has extensive experience across the brokerage business, where he has specialized in equities, fixed income, currency, commodities, technology and operations throughout his career. Prior to being named President, LeRoy was Chief Operating Officer and Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) at BTIG. Prior to BTIG, he was a Senior Vice President within Capital Markets at E*TRADE, where he was responsible for the firm’s Global Electronic Trading and Automated Market Making businesses. In 2000, he joined E*Trade as Chief Information Officer within the firm’s Brokerage unit. Previously, Mr. LeRoy was a Director and the Global Head of Prime Brokerage Technology at Deutsche Bank and a Vice President within Emerging Markets at SBC O’Connor.
As Chief Operating Officer, Mermel will provide the leadership and vision necessary to identify and achieve the management team’s roadmap for the future. Prior to her new role, she was the Chief of Staff of BTIG, managing the firm’s Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Administrative and Real Estate teams, and coordinating philanthropic giving. She is a founding member of BTIG.
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