Following our exclusive report from May that Retail FX and CFDs broker Skilling has hired FXview Managing Director Daniela Egli as the company’s new Cyprus Office CEO, Skilling has now announced that Ms. Egli will serve as Group COO. Her responsibilities have been expanded to oversee the entirety of Skilling’s operations across new and existing markets, as the firm pushes ahead with what it calls its ambitious expansion strategy.

Based in Cyprus, and reporting directly to Skilling Group CEO Michael Kamerman, Daniela Egli brings over 15 years of experience within the financial services sector to Skilling, including roles within business development, compliance, and executive management, and overseeing significant mergers and acquisitions across Asia and Europe.

Having successfully overseen the operations of reputable brokerages from startup to scale-up stages, Daniela’s experience will be invaluable in Skilling’s international scale-up of operations, as part of Skilling’s objective to unlock global financial markets for all traders.

Daniela’s appointment follows what the company termed an incredibly impressive year for Skilling in 2021 and strong first quarter of 2022, including a €10 million fundraise, achieving record account growth while launching a proprietary partnership portal and the Skilling Copy platform. Skilling now offers 900 CFD instruments for clients to trade including 55+ of the most desirable cryptocurrencies such as Polkadot and Dogecoin.

Ms. Egli’s addition is the latest in a recent hiring spree by Skilling, which began when the company onboarded former FXCM UK senior executive Michael Kamerman as CEO in 2020. Other recent hires include former StoneX exec Ana Cavero as Head of Product, Judita Simkeviciute to head Compliance, and longtime OANDA exec David Hodge, who became Skilling’s CMO.

Michael Kamerman, Group CEO of Skilling, comments:

“Daniela’s appointment as Group COO exemplifies Skilling’s ambition to solidify our position as a highly credible market leading broker, able to swiftly adapt our operations to meet the evolving needs of our customers. The current financial landscape requires efficient navigation to capitalise on opportunities, and Daniela’s experience will be instrumental in ensuring we provide the highest level of service to traders as we push ahead with our targeted global expansion.”

Daniela Egli, Group COO of Skilling, comments:

“I’m incredibly excited to join Skilling at a particularly important point within its growth journey through expanding into new markets. Throughout my career I’ve witnessed significant changes within global financial markets, which have increased the demand for agile, credible brokers such as Skilling amongst the trading population. I’m looking forward to leveraging my experience to scale up Skilling’s operations in the most beneficial manner for all customers.”

Skilling was founded in 2016 by former Betsafe CEO André Lavold. While operating under a Cyprus CySEC license the company is managed from several locations including the southern Spanish resort town of Marbella where Mr. Kamerman is based, Cyprus, and London.