Aquis Exchange Appoints David Vaillant as Non-Exec Director

Aquis Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term PLC, a pan-European cash equities trading venue, announced this Wednesday that it has appointed David Vaillant to the Board as an independent non-executive director.

Vaillant assumes his new role with immediate effect, according to the statement filed through the news service of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). He has been with Aquis since the 23rd of September of 2019 when he joined as the Non-Executive Chairman of Aquis' French subsidiary, Aquis Exchange Europe SAS.

David Vaillant will continue role at Aquis Europe

Although Vaillant will be taking on this new role, he will continue to also operate as the Non-Executive Chairman of Aquis Exchange Europe SAS at the same time.

Based in Paris, Vaillant has spent a large portion of his career at BNP Paribas. During this time, he has gathered corporate and institutional banking skills, as well as knowledge of the French financial markets and Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term.

His most recent position with the French Bank is the Global Head of Finance, Strategy and Participations at the asset management division of the company. He has held this position since October of last year.

During his time with the company, which spans across a decade, he was also at BNP Paribas' Corporate and Institutional Banking / Corporate Finance FIC division. Whilst there he was Head of Banking for EMEA.

Commenting on the move, Niki Beattie, Non-executive Chairman of Aquis, said in the statement: "We are delighted to welcome David onto the Board today. He has already shown great leadership as Chairman of our French subsidiary and we are sure his skills and experience will be immensly valuable as the Company continues to build momentum as a leading pan-european exchange services group."

As Finance Magnates reported earlier this year, Aquis received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to acquire the UK growth stocks platform NEX Exchange from CME Group in a deal worth £2.7 million.