Interdealer broker ICAP has appointed Gary Pettit to the new position of Global Head of Financial Futures and Options. Pettit was formerly Global Head of Futures and Options at MF Global.
ICAP has also recruited, so far, an additional 25 former MF Global staff across London, New York, Chicago and Sydney. Gary Pettit will be based in London, reporting to Gary Smith, Deputy CEO, ICAP London and EMEA.
Smith says: “We are delighted to welcome such a respected executive as Gary to ICAP. We are also very pleased to have attracted a high-quality team to build on the significant progress that our existing teams have already made. We believe this is a business with excellent structural growth prospects.”