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With more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Gavin Bambury is the Chief Executive Officer of OANDA Group Corporation and an Executive Director on the OANDA Board, based in London.

Based in London, Kurt Von Scheidt is OANDA's Chief Operating Officer, responsible for leading the trading, product management, financial risk, business operations and FX Data service teams.

Based in Warsaw, Marcin Niewiadomski is Head of Europe with OANDA, responsible for driving company growth throughout the EU27 region. He is also the CEO and President of the TMS Brokers management board.

Yoshi Yanagisawa is Managing Director and Representative Director for OANDA in Japan. He is responsible for driving business in one of the world's largest retail foreign exchange markets.

Based in London, Lucian Lauerman is responsible for the growth of OANDA’s offerings in Digital Assets. He also leads a range of strategic corporate development initiatives globally for OANDA.

Mark Chesterman, OANDA’s Chief Risk Officer, is responsible for leading the global risk and quantitative research groups from OANDA’s London office.

Based in London, Emmanuel Coulon is OANDA’s Chief Technology Officer, responsible for driving the firm’s global technology strategy and providing technical leadership across all areas of the business.

Philip Waters is the Head of Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets for OANDA, responsible for all revenue-generating functions, including sales, relationship management, business development, operations, and marketing.

Based in New York, Jessica Beckstead is OANDA’s Managing Director for North America and US CEO and is responsible for driving the continued success of the firm’s growth throughout the US and Canada.

Based in London, Gustave Rieunier joined OANDA in October 2022 to manage the firm’s global trading team based in our Singapore, Warsaw, London, and Toronto offices.

Focusing on fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary, Craig Erlam’s views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters and the International Business Times.

Based in Singapore, Kelvin Wong is a well-established senior global macro strategist with over 15 years of experience trading and providing market research on foreign exchange, stock markets, and commodities.

With over 15 years' experience in the forex markets, on both the research and client relations sides, Moheb specialises in technical, trade-focused market analysis