RetailBook Announces Key Senior Hires

James Deal – formerly Head of UK and Co-Founder of PrimaryBid - joins as Co-CEO* alongside eight of his former colleagues who are taking senior roles within the firm. James and his colleagues have executed over 350 retail transactions across both equity and debt, in the UK and across Europe.

James and his team share RetailBook’s strategic goal of accelerating retail participation through the creation of an industry utility owned by key industry stakeholders.

Retail investors are essential to improve market liquidity and function which aligns RetailBook’s agenda with the Government’s focus on reform and growth. Consequently, policymakers have introduced significant regulatory change including amendments to the Listing Rules and the Prospectus Regime which are intended to significantly expand retail participation.

RetailBook’s new hires include:

· Nick Osborne as Chief Commercial Officer

· Fahim Chowdhury as Managing Director of Capital Markets

· Nick Smith as Managing Director of Capital Markets

· Stacey Parsons as Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income

· Nick Dilworth as Managing Director of Legal, Risk and Compliance

· Milo Dickins as Legal Counsel

· Tushar Singhania, as Vice President of Distribution

· Dean Robinson as Vice President Operations Manager

Aaqib Mirza, Co-CEO, said,

"We are excited about the opportunities ahead and remain dedicated to empowering retail investors. These appointments bring unique expertise and an unrivalled track-record which will significantly accelerate our goal of ensuring that retail investors have the same opportunities as institutional investors through the delivery of comprehensive retail inclusion" 

James Deal, Co-CEO* of RetailBook added,

"We are excited to be joining RetailBook where we will continue to accelerate public inclusion in capital markets. Whilst there has been huge progress in recent years, there remains much to be done to realise the ambition laid out by significant regulatory change and to deliver the full benefits of retail investor inclusion to the entire ecosystem."

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* Subject to regulatory non-objection