Managing Director
London
Mr. Martin joined GFI in 1992. As GFI’s Managing Director, London, Mr. Martin works alongside Mr. Swain in the running of the London brokerage business. Mr. Martin has held a number of roles at GFI, including the running of the FX cross options business, moving later into GFI’s e-Commerce division as a product manager in London, then New York. He returned to London in 2004 to set up GFI’s credit index desk and was also responsible for running GFI’s structured credit business. Before he joined GFI, Mr.Martin traded currency options and US government securities at Bank of New York.
Managing Director
Mr. Souffir joined GFI in 2005, as Manager Director of international futures and equities. He played a vital role in the establishment of GFI’s Paris office, and managed all brokerage desks operated out this office. Mr. Souffir has since taken on more responsibility, now managing and operating various European businesses and a multitude of brokerage desks throughout EMEA. He specifically focusses on overseeing the cash equities and financial futures business in Europe for GFI Securities. Prior to joining GFI in 2005 Mr. Souffir worked as Managing Director of REFCO’s Paris office. Prior to working at REFCO Mr. Souffir was responsible for various equities, equity derivatives, and financial futures products at IFF, a division of AXA.
Finance Director
Mr. Denyssen joined GFI in 2001 from JP Morgan Chase and became GFI’s Finance Director, Europe in January 2008. He has overall responsibility for the accounts receivable, accounts payable, business reporting and external reporting functions. Mr. Denyssen holds a BCompt (Bachelor of Accounting Science) and a post graduate CTA/BCompt from UNISA (University of South Africa).
Head of E-commerce
Dr. Matt Woodhams joined GFI in 2000 and oversees product development, marketing and support of GFI’s trading platforms, their compliance with current regulatory requirements and positioning for upcoming regulatory changes. Previously he held various roles within the company, including global head of data and analytics and oversight of the FENICS business, while based in New York. In 2007, Dr. Woodhams returned to London to head up e-commerce for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Before joining GFI, he headed quantitative analysis at Garban/Harlow Butler, now known as ICAP. Dr. Woodhams holds a BSc in management science and a PhD in mathematics from Swansea University.
Managing Director
Paris
Mr. Alfon joined GFI in 2005 to co-run the European futures and equities business. He became Managing Director of GFI Paris in 2007. Prior to joining GFI, Mr. Alfon was Managing Director, Head of Front Office for Refco Securities Paris for 10 years. Mr Alfon graduated from Institut Supérieur de Gestion in 1990.
Managing Director
Paris
Mr Chouffan joined GFI in 2008 as General Secretary, Paris. He has overall responsibility for the administration, finance and operations teams in Paris. Prior to joining GFI, Mr. Chouffan was General Secretary at Refco for 5 years. Mr. Chouffan holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Paris and a high level diploma in Professional Accounting.
Managing Director
Head of Americas Broking
Richard Giles joined GFI in 1993 and has worked across a number of divisions and products in both Hong Kong and in London, including currency options, energy and credit. In July 2010 he was appointed Managing Director – Head of Commodities and Energy Brokerage, North America, responsible for overseeing all of GFI’s commodity business in North America, including its subsidiary Amerex®. In April 2012, Mr Giles assumed the additional role of Head of GFI’s Fixed Income business in North America, responsible for all areas of fixed income including the Latium fixed income business, single-name credit default swaps, credit indices, corporate and high yield bonds, leveraged loans and structured credit, including index tranches. In May 2015, Mr Giles was promoted to the role of Head of Americas Broking, responsible for all of GFI’s North and Latin American brokerage businesses across all products within the Fixed Income, Rates, Commodities, Equities and Financial divisions of GFI.
Chief Operating Officer
Americas, EMEA, Asia-Pac
Mr. Naik joined GFI in 2000 from Prebon Marshall Yamane, where he was EMEA Financial Controller. Mr. Naik originally served as Finance Director for the Americas, based in New York. Since then, Mr. Naik has held a number of executive positions, most recently being that of Managing Director, Finance and Operations for EMEA, based in London. He managed and took responsibility for the European finance, credit/risk, compliance, legal, administration, settlements, operations, IT support and IT development teams over his tenure at GFI. In 2015, Mr. Naik was promoted, to Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the GFI Brokering Division globally and is now based in New York. Mr. Naik holds a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, University of London and is a qualified member of the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
Compliance
North America
Mr. Shields joined GFI in 2002 from Tucker Anthony, Inc., where he was Vice President of Compliance. As Compliance Officer at GFI he has overall responsibility for ensuring GFI complies with regulatory requirements and that employees are complying with internal policies and procedures. Mr. Shields has over 7 years compliance and regulatory experience, holds a BSC in Finance from Syracuse University and a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of Law, Newark.
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Lutnick, Chairman of the Board, joined our on February 27, 2015. Mr. Lutnick is the Chairman and CEO of BGC Partners, a position in which he has served from June 1999 to the present. Mr. Lutnick joined Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (“Cantor”) in 1983 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor since 1992 and as Chairman since 1996. Mr. Lutnick’s company, CF Group Management, Inc., is the managing general partner of Cantor. Mr. Lutnick is Chairman of the Board of Managers of Haverford College, a member of the Board of Directors of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation at Rockefeller University, the Executive Committee of the USS Intrepid Museum Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Horace Mann School, the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City. In addition, Mr. Lutnick is Chairman of the supervisory board of the Electronic Liquidity Exchange, a fully electronic futures exchange.
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