FNG Exclusive… Further to our exclusive report from July 7 that longtime Gold-i business development executive Arun Lakhani was leaving the leading trading-technology firm and would be joining a Retail FX broker, we have now learned that Mr. Lakhani had indeed landed – at Equiti Group.

Arun Lakhani will be joining the FCA-regulated arm of global FX broker Equiti Group in London, Equiti Capital UK Limited, with the title of Partner Solutions Manager. He will be reporting to Mitesh Vaghela, Director of Product at Equiti in London.

Arun Lakhani had been with Gold-i for more than 5 years, beginning as a Technical Support Engineer but moving his way up the fast-growing company and spending the past year in a senior business development role.

FNG spoke with Messrs. Lakhani and Vaghela, here is what they each had to say:

Arun Lakhani, Partner Solutions Manager at Equiti Capital:

“Equiti is a brokerage with an excellent global reputation for offering accessible Prime Brokerage Services but what is really striking, and what attracted me to Equiti, is the passion and dedication within the Equiti Group to continually innovate, grow the business and improve the offering to deliver a superior client service.”

Mitesh Vaghela, Director of Product at Equiti:

“We are very pleased to have Arun Lakhani join Equiti’s Business Solutions team. Arun’s knowledge of the market and ability to build bespoke solutions for Brokers in the industry will be highly valuable in supporting Equiti’s global growth strategy.”