Exclusive: Torben Gregers Friis moves from GCEX to Match Liquidity
FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that seasoned FX industry executive Torben Gregers Friis has left his position as Managing Director EMEA at institutional-focused digital assets and FX brokerage GCEX, to join a startup FX and CFDs liquidity outfit in the UAE called Match Liquidity DMCC.
As was also exclusively reported at the time here at FNG, Torben Gregers Friis joined GCEX in 2020, when GCEX founder Lars Holst was building up the company, hiring along the way several of his former colleagues from both CFH Group (later Finato) and Saxo Bank. Lars and Torben worked together for a number of years in the early 2000s at Saxo.
Torben Gregers Friis worked as noted above in sales at Saxo Bank from 2001-2004. From 2005-2008 he was Institutional Sales Director at IG, before moving on to become COO of ActivTrades. He has also served on the board of CFI.