Exclusive: Themis Christou Joins The Trading Pit as CMO

In an exclusive discussion with Finance Magnates, Themis Christou, the former Interim CMO at Tickmill, confirmed that he has joined The Trading Pit, an emerging financial trading services provider, as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer.

In his new role, Christou will play an important part in driving The Trading Pit’s marketing strategy. Additionally, he is planning to utilize his broad experience in the global financial services industry to facilitate the company’s brand exposure.

He joins The Trading Pit from M4Markets where he worked for almost two years as the Group Head of Marketing. Prior to that, the newly appointed CMO of The Trading Pit worked for more than four years with Illimar Mattus' Tickmill. During his time at Tickmill, Christou served in different senior-level positions, including Global Head of Marketing Projects and Interim Chief Marketing Officer.

“We aim to revolutionize how traders with talent and passion reach success. We offer an exceptional proprietary trading experience with access to real markets using the most advanced trading platforms. The Trading Pit traders get up to 100M USD of funding from our capital to trade Stocks, Cryptos, Futures and Forex risk-free with no deposit requirement,” Illimar Mattus, the Co-Founder of Tickmill Group and one of the angel investors of The Trading Pit with Pinorena Capital, commented.

“We managed to put together a team with extensive experience and a lot of passion for the financial markets. Through months of brainstorming and hard work, we have developed a unique proprietary trading environment where talented traders can stand out and excel beyond their known limits. After providing you with all the support and tools to succeed, we evaluate your progress through our challenges, to ensure you are ready to jump into The Trading Pit and get funded,” Christoph Radecker, the Chief Executive Officer at The Trading Pit, said.

Themis Christou

In his professional career, Christou worked with some of the leading names in the FX industry. In addition to Tickmill and M4Markets, he worked with Orbex. In his new position, Christou will work with other key members of The Trading Pit team to expand the company’s global presence.

“I am truly honored to be chosen as the CMO of The Trading Pit and trusted to build the brand. It means a lot to work with people like Mr. Illimar and Mr. Christoph. They are amongst the most passionate, focused and kind-natured people I have had the pleasure to meet and work with. Their expertise and vision for this company go beyond anything I have ever seen, and that is why I chose to join them; I want to be part of this. Because, The Trading Pit will change the game, and that’s a promise,” Christou said.