Gerard Melia Joins GAIN Capital in UK as Head of Relationship Management

A new appointment has been made by GAIN Capital, as Gerard Melia becomes the Head of Relationship Management for the online multi-asset brokerage. Mr. Melia is based in London and joins the firm this month after a series of senior roles for UK-based FX brokers over the years.

Before joining GAIN Capital in his new role, Mr. Melia was project manager at Synops – a UK firm that provides currency 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 solutions, from February 2015 – June 2016, according to a LinkedIn profile description attributed to him.

Mr. Melia was previously Head of Institutional Operations & Product Delivery at CMC Markets from October 2008 through April 2011 and held a number of prior positions with CMC Markets dating back to 2005, before eventually leaving the firm to join IG Group as Institutional Sales & Relationship Manager from August 2011 through January 2013.

Throughout some of his previous roles, and since the start of 2013, Mr. Melia has concurrently held a position of director with Firmbridge solutions – a consultancy that specializes in sales and marketing as well as CRM and product development project in financial services.

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