Cboe Australia today announced three new additions to its marketing and BIDS teams as the business continues to pursue its strategy of improving and growing the securities and derivatives markets in Australia and Asia Pacific (APAC).

Stephanie Duncan has been appointed as Head of Marketing and Communications for APAC, in supporting Cboe’s expansion in the region. Based in Sydney, Ms Duncan will take responsibility for integrating Cboe Global Markets’ marketing and communications function across APAC, particularly for the growing Australian market.

Ms Duncan brings over 14 years’ marketing experience across a variety of financial services sectors including asset management, banking, and retail working for leading global financial institutions in Sydney including Citi, Schroders Investment Management Australia, and State Street Global Advisors.

Also joining the Sydney-based marketing team, Risa Iwamuro has been appointed as Marketing Specialist for Australia and Japan. With experience across Australian and Japanese markets in both digital marketing and public relations, Ms Iwamuro will help further grow the Cboe brand across APAC, with a focus on Japan. She will also offer marketing support to regional sales teams.

Sarah Gardiner will also join the Cboe BIDS team in Australia as a Client Relationship Manager, reporting to Head of Cboe BIDS APAC, Murrough O’Brien.

Cboe BIDS Australia is a block and large-sized trading execution service that efficiently and safely knits diverse forms of liquidity together, allowing participants to execute large- sized liquidity efficiently and anonymously.

With more than five years’ experience in equity trading and sales within investment banks, Ms Gardiner has extensive expertise in Portfolio Trading, Direct Market Access (DMA), High Touch Operating and Prime/Delta One Sales.

She has previously held roles in Delta One Sales at Credit Suisse, and in Deutsche Bank’s Sales and Trading teams.

The appointment announcement follows Cboe Australia’s successful final migration to Cboe technology on 27 March 2023, marking completion of an 18-month integration effort from its legacy Chi-X platform. With the migration to the Cboe technology platform, Cboe Australia now has the performance and capacity to better meet both current and projected future capital markets trading volumes for the entire Australian equities marketplace.