Andrew Gibson Lands at Tavira Securities as FX and CFDs Product Head

Andrew Gibson, who departed Alfa Capital Markets as the Head of Institutional Sales earlier this week, has joined Dubai-based forex and contracts for differences (CFDs) broker, Tavira Securities as the Head of Product Development.

“I am happy to announce that I have joined Tavira Securities Dubai as Head of Product Development for FX and CFDs,” Gibson wrote in a Linkedin post.

Tavira Securities is authorized and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and is allowed to provide investment services. It holds another license from the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its rol The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its rol Read this Term).

The offerings of the platform include trading services with forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term and CFDs of other asset classes.

A Well-Experienced Industry Executive

He joined the new role within days after he departed from Alfa Capital Markets. He left the company after three years, saying that the Cyprus-based company was decimated by the ongoing geopolitical tensions.

He brings more than three decades of financial industry experience to his new role. He started his career in 1986 with a futures broker but switched to the software sales roles.

He moved back to the trading industry in August 2007 as a Sales Manager of FX Products at Fortis Bank Global Clearing, spending four years there. In addition, he worked for years at ABN AMRO Clearing Bank in an FX sales role and had a short stint at TradAir as Global Sales Director.

Furthermore, he worked at Netherlands-based Fastmatch for five months as a Foreign Exchange Consultant before joining BCS Financial Group. Prior to his role at Alfa Capital Forex, he was an FX Consultant at Amsterdam’s SGBbv.