Mark Richardson
Head of Trading
Mark is the CEO of Zodia Markets Ireland and Chief Commercial Officer.
Previously, Mark was Head of Prime Brokerage Equity Finance at Credit Suisse EMEA where he was responsible for migrating the Prime trading business from London to Dublin. He began his financial markets career in Goldman Sachs Equity Finance before moving to UBS as a sales trader focusing on US institutional clients.
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