
Mark Mathews
Chief Compliance Officer
Mark Matthews is a 22+ year veteran across the 1LOD within Financial Markets and currently Chief Risk Officer at Zodia Markets.
Having spend over 22 years in roles across Trading, Sales, Structuring, RWA & Balance Sheet optimisation and Business Management, spanning FX, Rates, Credit and Commodities – Mark is the very embodiment of poacher turned game-keeper. He started his career at ABN AMRO back in 2002, with stints at Standard Chartered, ANZ and Barclays, across the Netherlands and Singapore. Mark joined Zodia Markets in late 2021 to provide leadership in the Risk function.
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