GAIN Capital Strengthens IT Teams with Two Appointments

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., a major provider of retail FX in the United States, has added two new members to its IT team - Boris Levine as the Head of IT Development and Rasmus Hansen as the Head of Infrastructure Technology.

Both of the new hires will be based in GAIN’s office in London. They will report to Alastair Hine, the Chief Operating Officer of GAIN Capital. According to the statement released today, the new additions are part of the firm’s continued investment into talent and capabilities regarding IT development and infrastructure.

As the Head of IT Development at GAIN, Levin will be in charge of all IT development for the company. This includes the delivery of all technology projects, internally and externally. Hansen, on the other hand, will lead IT infrastructure and support its development for GAIN as the Head of Infrastructure Technology.

Hansen and Levine to help build out GAIN Capital's Krakow operations

Furthermore, both Levine and Hansen will play a key role in helping to build out GAIN’s technology and operations center in Krakow, Poland, the statement said.

Commenting on the appointments Glenn Stevens, the Chief Executive Officer of GAIN Capital said: "Boris and Rasmus each bring many years of industry experience and deep technological expertise, which make them invaluable additions to our management team.

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Levine joins GAIN Capital from IG Group, ending a 16-year-long tenure with the company. Most recently he was the Chief Architecture Officer at the firm. In this role, he was responsible for the development of real-time pricing and Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, Read this Term systems, as well as technical architecture and strategy.

Before being employed at GAIN, Hansen was working at ION technology where he was the Enterprise Architect. In this role, he managed teams across EMEA, APAC, and the US and ran groups across Infrastructure Technology, Service Operations and Enterprise Architecture.