Exclusive: Alexander Kolchev promoted to CTO at ThinkMarkets
FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Australia based Retail FX and CFDs broker ThinkMarkets has promoted Alexander Kolchev to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Alexander Kolchev, based in Bulgaria where ThinkMarkets has outsourced much of its operations, joined ThinkMarkets in 2020 at the company’s Sofia offices as Director Of Technology – Europe, and was named Director Of Technology for the entire company last year. He had previously worked in various technology and development roles at DXC Technology, SmartIT, and Iphos IT Solutions.
ThinkForex was established in 2010 by brothers Nauman and Faizan Anees in New Zealand, and relocated its headquarters to Australia upon obtaining ASIC licensing in 2012. ThinkForex rebranded as ThinkMarkets in 2016. The company has dual headquarters in Melbourne and London, where ThinkMarkets set up its FCA-licensed subsidiary TF Global Markets (UK) Limited in 2015. The firm also has a licensed subsidiary in South Africa, established in 2019. ThinkMarkets offers trading on its proprietary ThinkTrader platform, as well as MT4 and MT5.