ACI UK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The ACI UK Executive Committee is elected by Members at the Annual General Meeting. In accordance with ACI UK Constitution and Statutes, all Committee positions are subject to election/re-election at the AGM. All ACI UK members are eligible to stand for election to the Committee, subject to being nominated and seconded by other Members.
Hugh Whelan – President
Hugh Whelan is a experienced financial services executive with a strong track record in building Electronic FX Execution businesses. Hugh possesses a deep understanding of the OTC FX electronic trading market, underpinned by a history of consistent success.
In his current role as Head of EBS Direct Trading Platforms at CME Group, Hugh oversees multiple OTC FX electronic trading platforms. Leveraging his extensive banking background, Hugh is known for his strong commitment to client success, revenue growth, and strategic alignment. He brings a wealth of experience from his tenure at CME Group, ICAP PLC, Commerzbank, MUFG, Mizuho, Bayern LB and Tokai,making him a highly respected leader in the financial services industry. Hugh Whelan’s career reflects his ability to drive business transformation and achieve demonstrable results.
E: hugh.whelan@aci-uk.com
Katherine Leaman – Vice President
Katharine is a regulatory compliance consultant with expertise in technical areas of the rules such as market conduct, CASS, SMCR and Outsourcing. Katharine has worked in financial services for thirty years in insurance, banking, distribution, and regulation. During that time Katharine developed a passion for supporting smaller financial services firms because they so often find they are expected to be across a broad range of regulations sometimes to a technical depth that takes time to understand and implement.
Katharine setup Leaman Crellin Limited to do the leg work for these companies and to provide practical roll out ready documents available from the Leaman Crellin online shop. Her regulatory compliance consultancy practice specialises in providing practical and proportionate solutions for all sizes and types of FCA and PRA regulated business.
E: katharine.leaman@aci-uk.com
Steven Singer – Treasurer
Steve is the Treasurer of ACI UK. His career in financial markets spans almost 30 years. He joined CIBC in 2006 as Director of Liquidity and is actively engaged in day to day business and operational processes to ensure compliance with regulatory policy. Previously, he held a variety of positions with Qatar National Bank in both London and the Middle East, including Head of FX and Head of Money Markets.
Steve passed the ACI Diploma, with Merit, in 1995.
E: steven.singer@aci-uk.com
T: +44(0) 20 7234 6492
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Jeff Roberts – ACI FMA Committee for Professionalism
A focused and analytical financial professional with extensive experience of global foreign exchange markets, Jeff is currently a Business Manager for CME Group (formerly Business Manager NEX).
His FX career began with Bank of America in FX Investigations before he moved first to the middle office then to the trading floor, starting as a desk assistant before becoming a Spot trader, and subsequently moving into an e-commerce role as the industry became increasingly ‘electronic’.
Prior to NEX (CME) Jeff worked for Lloyds Banking Group as a senior staff member responsible for all FX requirements – and the bank’s order book – during the APAC timezone.
E: jeff.roberts@aci-uk.com
Noel Singh
Noel Singh is Head of eFX Business Development at Sucden Financial, leading the firm’s expansion of its non-bank FX prime brokerage business. He has over 25 years of experience in banking and currency trading and joined the company from ABN Amro Clearing Bank, where he managed their OTC FX clearing business.
Past positions include Head of FX Prime Brokerage for SEB and senior roles at Integral Development, Dresdner Kleinwort, EBS and also Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, prior to its merger.
E: noel.singh@aci-uk.com
Sam’s nearly 30 year career in the financial markets has spanned a variety of trading and management roles across sellside, buyside and intermediary businesses. Prior to his current role advising CMC Markets on the next stages in their journey into the wholesale markets, he headed up Global Markets eFX Trading at BBVA, with previous stints building and managing trading businesses at Rabobank, UBS Asset Management, Louis Capital FX, Lloyds Bank and Marex Spectron adding to his broad cross market and cross asset experience.
E: sam.horowitz@aci-uk.com
Nick Hamilton
Nick Hamilton is Head of EMEA Electronic & Platform Distribution at BNP Paribas, where he leads the distribution of FX and Fixed Income electronic pricing and digital platforms to clients based in EMEA.
With over 15 years of sales experience in electronic trading at major global FX institutions, Nick has established a strong track record in the industry. Prior to his current role, he held the position of Head of EMEA Sales at FastMatch, which is now part of Euronext FX. He also worked in various eFX sales roles at Citi and ICAP’s EBS, where he specialised in serving buy-side clients.
In 2024, Nick joined the ACI committee with the goal of harnessing the organisation’s influence to drive positive change within the FX industry.
E: nick.hamilton@aci-uk.com
Jasmin Fellner-Bozdag
Jasmin is Head of eFX EMEA at BNY Mellon, leading the banks electronic FX footprint in EMEA. She has collected extensive experience in electronic FX Sales, gathered over a 17-year international career within the financial industry. She joined BNY Mellon from Julius Baer in Zurich/Switzerland, where she was part of a core team building a new e-commerce infrastructure aimed at strategically growing the FX franchise. She started her career at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt and London, subsequently she joined J.P. Morgan in London.
Jasmin was elected to the ACI UK executive committee in May 2024 and is also a member of the ACI FMA Woman in Global Markets Committee, which is serving as a vital platform for women in financial markets.
E: jasmin.fellnerbozdag@aci-uk.com
Martina Doherty
Martina is a business psychologist and accredited leadership coach who works with leaders and organisations to create better workplaces. She has extensive experience in delivering coaching, training and consulting programmes in Financial Markets to create high-performing teams and organisations. Prior to this Martina had a 20+ year career in PR and communications working in organisations such as Dresdner, FXall, State Street and Digital Vega.
Martina joined the executive board member of the ACI UK in early 2024 with the goal of driving positive change in the workplace across the FX industry. She is also a member of the ACI FMA Woman in Global Markets Committee.
Martina writes a regular ‘Human FX’ column for The Full FX covering topics such as workplace wellbeing, intergenerational diversity and remote working.
E: martina.doherty@aci-uk.com
Pritesh Ruparel
Pritesh Ruparel is a seasoned financial services executive with extensive experience in the electronic trading of derivatives, and the payments ecosystem.
As Group CEO of ALT21, Pritesh oversees strategic growth initiatives for the fintech, leveraging his expertise to position the firm as a leader in the embedded finance space, in particular in the niche space of embedded hedging. Having taken the firm through an extensive growth journey, and multiple funding rounds he has built an extensive network of scale-ups pushing the boundaries in the fintech ecosystem.
He joins the ACI Executive Committee to help bridge the gap between the current ACI member base, and the fast-growth fintech and neobank sector.
E: pritesh.ruparel@aci-uk.com
Kim Myers
Kim Myers is a Senior member of the LSEG FX sales team. She has over 10 years of experience in the FX markets, having previously worked at EBS and State Street. Kim started her career in the charity sector, and following business school entered the financial markets.
Kim earned her undergraduate degree in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland and her Masters in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis International Business School.
E: kim.myers@aci-uk.com
HONORARIUM
David Clark
Honorary President, ACI UK and ACI International
David Clark spent over 40 years working in currency and capital markets for firms including Bankers Trust, Commerzbank, HSBC and Bankgesellschaft before moving into non-executive director and advisory positions. He is Chairman of Charity Bank, a non-executive director of CafBank (both owned by the Charities Aid Foundation), is Senior Independent (SID) non-executive director of Tullett Prebon, and a non-executive director of Westpac Europe Limited. He was a senior advisor to the UK’s Financial Services Authority and has sat on a number of Basel II working groups.
He was President of ACI, The Financial Markets Association from 1992-95 and is an Honorary President of both ACI and ACI UK. In March 2006 he was appointed Chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers Association and the London Energy Brokers Association. He is also a Senior Advisor to GFTA, an FX overlay fund manager, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Sue Attwood – President 2017-2019, Honorary Life Member
President of ACI UK from 2017 to 2019, previously Managing Director for many years, and the longest serving ACI UK Committee member, Sue stepped down as President in 2019. Her fantastic contribution to ACI UK and ACI Financial Markets Association globally is acknowledged by the many tributes sent by colleagues and ACI friends and was acknowledged formally by granting Honorary Life Membership to Sue at the Annual General Meeting on 11 November. Sue was instrumental in creating and driving ACI UK’s charitable effort which has raised well over £1 million to support Variety – the Children’s Charity and fund the purchase of an incredible 157 Sunshine Coaches that have been donated to schools and institutions for disabled and disadvantaged children. Sue is also responsible for developing and running the hugely successful ACI UK Dealing Simulation Course and new FX Masterclass, launched in November 2019.
Prior to working in a number of senior e-commerce roles at Markit, Logicscope and other companies, Sue spent 23 years at the Bank of England, where as Deputy Chief Dealer she headed the Money Market and Forward FX side of its operations for UK Reserves, Bank of England Reserves and the customer book. Sue also represented the front office on the Bank’s Risk Advisory Committee as well as being the Bank of England representative on the ACI UK Committee.
Tina Kane – Honorary Life Member
As marketing communications adviser and as a Committee member, Tina has a long established association with ACI both in the UK and internationally. Over many years, and under the direction of a number of Presidents, she worked closely with ACI UK Executive Committee to provide guidance on – and delivery of – activities and events generated within ACI UK’s Represent, Inform, Educate and Charity streams.
A financial markets veteran and specialist marketing, communications and media consultant, Tina held a number of senior roles at Markit and Logicscope and was instrumental in the creation, launch and early success of EBS, driving its Marketing and Communications strategy and policies through its formative years. (EBS is now part of CME Group.) Prior to that she was a Director of City-based financial PR company, Buchanan Communications (now part of the WPP group) where she worked on multiple IPOs/corporate activities across many sectors (biotech to banking).
Tina was awarded Honorary Life Membership in April 2021 when she stepped down from her ACI UK role, in recognition of her long service and commitment to ACI in the UK and globally.
IN MEMORIAM
Paul Chappell – 29 June 1953 – 24 June 2018
ACI UK Executive Committee / ACI FMA Director of Education / ACI FMA FX Committee
A long-standing and active participant of ACI’s Foreign Exchange Committee, in the past few years Paul had stepped up his involvement in ACI activities considerably, joining the ACI UK Executive Committee to support its local efforts and then, in 2017, becoming ACI’s first full time Director of Education. In this role, he worked tirelessly to promote ACI’s services in support of the new Global Code and to continue ACI’s influence in guiding industry best practice. Paul was especially engaged with ongoing industry debate around ‘last look’, chairing the ACI Working Group on the subject and bringing a voice of reason to this controversial topic. Paul was a stalwart of the foreign exchange market; both as a market practitioner and a committed proponent of industry best practice.
Paul was the epitome of an ‘industry veteran’, having enjoyed a long, illustrious and varied career in financial markets. He was, particularly, at the forefront of the modern foreign exchange industry, initially on the ‘sell side’ with roles at Chemical Bank, and for a long period, Bank of America, where in the late 80s and early 90s he was a major influence on the development, launch and take up of EBS (Electronic Broking Services).
An active and vociferous member of the original EBS consortium (representing Bank of America’s stakeholder interests) Paul’s commitment and support for the (then) market-changing EBS proposition, and his determination to ‘change dealer behaviour’ – starting on his own trading floor – contributed greatly to its early market adoption (and its great success).
Paul went on to create C-View, an FCA-regulated Investment Manager named – rather neatly – after his lovely holiday home, Sea View, in the Isle of Wight, where he enjoyed many happy vacations with his young family (and which he ‘shared’ on occasion with friends). As Chief Investment Officer of C-View, Paul gained first hand insight into the ‘buy side’ experience of trading relationships and more recently, the challenges of implementing mandates and directives like EMIR and MiFID. He channelled this experience into providing consultancy to other market participants and regulators.
At a time in his life when he could have taken life much more easily – and with plans in place to enjoy his retirement with his wife Ann now his children were grown – he chose instead to embark on this new ‘career’, travelling extensively to spread the ACI word at industry conferences and events, meeting regulators and industry groups across the globe, and supporting ACI National Associations.
Paul was a devoted family man and committed Christian whose great pride in all of his family’s achievements were evident to everybody who met him. He is a great loss to our industry and to so many of us personally. We all miss him very much.