Fintech major Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced the appointment of Vijay Mayadas as President of Capital Markets. In this newly created position, Mr Mayadas will lead Broadridge’s trading and post-trade capital markets SaaS solutions as part of the Global Technology and Operations (GTO) business.

Capital Markets solutions include global post-trade capabilities that support a broad spectrum of asset classes on a component and enterprise basis, as well as trading capabilities that include LTx, Broadridge’s AI-driven Corporate Bond platform.

Mr Mayadas joined Broadridge in 2013 as Head of Strategy and M&A. In 2016, he joined Broadridge’s GTO business to lead the Fixed Income and Analytics business unit. Before joining Broadridge, Mr Mayadas held a variety of roles in strategy consulting (including six years at The Boston Consulting Group), private equity and fixed income trading software development. He also co-founded and sold a software company.

Mr Mayadas has a BA and MA in Physics from Oxford University and an MBA from The Wharton School.