London based Retail FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has announced the appointment of Cyprus based executive Matteo Paganini as its new Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Before joining ActivTrades, Matteo Paganini served as Regional Revenue Officer for Europe for Admirals and before that as Managing Director for Italy and Spain at Pepperstone in London, before moving to Cyprus and dealing with Pepperstone’s European business and operations. Earlier in his career, Matteo was a managing partner of Salex S.p.A, the first Italian FX broker and co-founded and managed the Italian division of FXCM in 2009, where he also led the market analysis team of FXCM’s DailyFX, acting as Chief Analyst.

At ActivTrades, Matteo Paganini will lead the global strategy and expansion of the Group and will have overall responsibility for revenue growth, strategic direction of sales and marketing, identifying new markets opportunities as well as managing corporate processes and operations, providing disruptive and exceptional services and trading experiences to clients and traders.

ActivTrades CEO Alex Pusco said:

“I am pleased to welcome Matteo within our management and leadership team. His experience, knowledge and talent make him an excellent asset for the whole Group and his contribution will help ActivTrades to further develop and grow while always providing a superior service to its clients.”

With Matteo’s appointment ActivTrades said it will be also focusing on the development of new products, such as the launch of a New Investor Profile Account with zero commissions and zero swaps on CFD on Stocks and ETF, designed for investors and the new generation of traders and focused on improving the user and trading experience of clients, thanks to further developments to the safe, stable, user-friendly and professional ActivTrader proprietary trading platform.

About ActivTrades

ActivTrades PLC is a financial markets broker which specialises in offering customers online trading of contracts for difference (CFDs) and spread betting in Forex, Indices, Financials, Commodities and Equities. In 2018 the service offering was extended to cover loans to UK domiciled borrowers. The Company is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and has licensed subsidiaries in other jurisdictions. ActivTrades has a large branch in Bulgaria which performs IT development and risk management as well as other support services. ActivTrades is controlled by its longtime CEO, Swiss national and Monaco resident Alex Pusco.