Calypso Brings in Olivier Vinciguerra as its Managing Director of Sales

Calypso Technology Inc., a provider of capital markets and investment management software, has announced its newest senior hire, adding Olivier Vinciguerra as its Managing Director of Sales in Northern Europe, according to a company statement.

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The hire comes during the same week in which Calypso announced its plans to begin an aggressive recruitment round after booking 20 new clients in 2016. The company also hinted that it planned to hire upwards of 170 new employees with substantial investments in Calypso Cloud Services, Research & Development, and Sales & Marketing.

In his new role at Calypso, Mr. Vinciguerra will serve as the group’s Managing Director of Sales, where he will be based out of London – he will be focusing on the Northern European region.

Prior to joining Calypso, Mr. Vinciguerra worked at Misys as its Regional Sales Director, North America and South America since 2015. In this capacity he helped manage Latin America teams across all Misys business lines as well as its corporate banking and Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim Read this Term sales teams in North America. Additionally he worked as its COO, dating back to 2011, according to information made public on his Linkedin profile.

According to Calypso’s CEO, Pascal Xatart, in a recent statement on the appointment: “Olivier brings a well-established and strong track record of driving sales and overall commercial activity in the Treasury and Capital Markets software industry for both Sell-Side and Asset Management.”

“His highly-effective leadership style strikes the right balance of strategy, Execution Execution Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Read this Term, and focus on people development, which is why I believe he will be a valuable addition to the Calypso team,” he added.