Sterling Trading Tech (STT) has appointed Erik Schmidt – an industry veteran with two decades of experience in capital markets – as Managing Director of Client Services.
Schmidt’s career began on the trading floors of Chicago, which led him to Europe and Asia where he opened and managed trading offices to run international portfolios.
Schmidt has previously served in management positions successfully at firms such as Gelber Group, Deutsche Bank AG and Mako Global Derivatives. His global management expertise includes leading client services teams, trading operations, risk and portfolio management. His deep market knowledge and passion for client services will assist STT to continue delivering best in class service to clients. Schmidt will also lead STT’s implementation of next generation client service tools to support STT while it continues to achieve record growth.
“We are excited to welcome Erik to the Sterling team” says Farid Naib, CEO of Sterling Trading Tech. “Erik brings valuable experience to STT. His appointment represents STT’s continued commitment to servicing our clients in the best way possible. STT will continue to invest in client services and our support infrastructure, which we see as one of our key differentiators.”
STT currently offers the industry five product lines; trading platforms, compliance tools, risk tools, infrastructure products and market data. Our professional and retail trading platforms are available to the global trading community for equities, options and futures. Our platforms and products can be white labeled to enhance our client’s brand identity.
