Exclusive: Pepperstone Cyprus GM Victor Zachariades joins crypto platform Alpaca
FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Victor Zachariades has left his position as CEO of Pepperstone Cyprus, to join crypto platform Alpaca. He will head Alpaca’s Cyprus operation.
Victor Zachariades joined Pepperstone Cyprus in 2019, and spearheaded the Cyprus CySEC license application process and office establishment for the Australia based global broker. He joined Pepperstone after working in senior positions at Forex Club, FxPro, and TFI Markets.
Mr. Zachariades will be succeeded as head of Pepperstone Cyprus by Panayiotis (Pan) Theodorou, who served as Head Of Operations at the company the past two years. He also worked previously at London Capital Group (LCG) and FxPro.
Alpaca, based in San Mateo, California, builds an API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform for services to embed investing and for developers to build applications and trading algorithms. The company raised $50 million in a Series B financing round in mid 2021 from Tribe Capital, Spark Capital, Portage Ventures, Social Leverage, and Horizons Ventures.