Demetrios Zamboglou Leaves CFI Financial, Joins Doto as Group CEO

Demetrios Zamboglou, a Professor of Practice at the Rome Business School, has joined the trading and investment solutions provider, Doto, as the Group Chief Executive Officer.

Zamboglou was previously the Group Chief Operating Officer at international trading provider, CFI Financial Group. The executive worked for the firm, which he joined in July 2020, for a little over two years.

He announced his appointment as the Group CEO of Doto on Friday on his LinkedIn page. Zamboglou, who holds a PhD in Behavioural Finance from King’s College London, noted that he will be responsible for the management of Doto's operations and overall vision.

Forex Experience

Since starting out in 2006 as a Market Risk Analyst at SpreadCo Limited, a UK-based financial spread betting and CFD provider, Zamboglou has worked for several top players in the banking and forex industry including ForexTime (FXTM), Alpari and Forex Club.

Between December 2015 and November 2016, Zamboglou was the General Manager of online forex and CFD broker FXTM based in London, the United Kingdom.

He joined the Russia-based Forex Club Group of Companies in February 2012, spending only a year and five months at the multi-business organization. During his short career stint at Forex Club, he rose to become the Chief Risk Officer in February 2013.

Furthermore, at the online forex broker, Alpari, he served as the Vice President of Risk Management for three and a half years and was based in the UK.

Experience in the Digital Asset Industry

Zamboglou’s experience also spans the digital asset industry. Between May 2019 and June 2020, he worked as the Chief Operating Officer of Bank Account Based Blockchain (BABB), a decentralized finance platform that leverages blockchain and biometrics technology to provide peer-to-peer banking services.

Between September 2017 and January 2021, he was an Advisor for Genesis Vision, a blockchain and smart contracts-based private trust management market.

Moreover, Zamboglou held advisory roles at Non-Zero Blockchain Software, a blockchain-based loyalty platform for retail financial services, Blockpass, a self-sovereign identity portal for regulated industries, and ThePower Ecosystem, a web3 infrastructure company.

Meanwhile, between November 2016 and December 2018, the executive was the European CEO and the Global Chief Business Development Officer at Lykke Corp, a fintech company seeking to bridge the gap between traditional finance and blockchain.