MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) has announced the election of Roberto Hoornweg to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2025.

Mr. Hoornweg will serve on the Board’s Risk Committee and Finance Committee. Mr. Hoornweg brings extensive global financial markets expertise, fixed-income knowledge and leadership experience from a number of financial institutions.

Most recently, Mr. Hoornweg was appointed the Co-Head, Corporate & Investment Banking at Standard Chartered in April 2024, after serving as Global Head of Financial Markets since January 2017. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Mr. Hoornweg held senior roles at Brevan Howard Asset Management and UBS Investment Bank in London.

Prior to UBS, Mr. Hoornweg’s financial markets experience was honed during his 17-year career at Morgan Stanley where he held various senior roles in fixed income derivatives, including leading the global Emerging Markets Fixed Income & FX business, and as Head of Global Interest Rates, Credit and Currencies.

“We are pleased to welcome Roberto to our Board,” said Chris Concannon, CEO of MarketAxess. “His wealth of experience in fixed-income, as well as his deep knowledge of international markets, will add great value to MarketAxess as we continue to prioritize our expansion across global markets. On behalf of our Board and leadership team, we look forward to working with and learning from him.”

“I am honored to be joining the Board at MarketAxess, a recognized fintech leader that shares my passion for continuous improvement and innovation across fixed-income markets globally. I look forward to helping the firm continue to serve and empower institutional investors and dealers at a time where the appetite for technology and efficiency has never been higher,” said Mr. Hoornweg.

Mr. Hoornweg holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.