Mark Watters, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, AxeTrading

Before co-founding AxeTrading, Mark had over 17 years’ experience at Bloomberg, including senior roles in Fixed Income electronic trading. Mark has specialist experience in selling and implementing bond auction systems, trading platforms, and primary and secondary market Fixed Income trading systems in developed and emerging markets. He has worked with national treasuries, issuers, and the Buy- and Sell-side implementing Fixed Income electronic trading in many countries around the globe. Mark brings additional in-depth Fixed Income electronic trading experience to the AxeTrading team.

Bill Hayden, Managing Director, Integration, Tradeweb

Bill has been with Tradeweb since it launched its first electronic trading platform in 1998. During his tenure, Bill has served in a number of key roles, including the development of Tradeweb’s global trading capabilities. Today, Tradeweb serves approximately 2,500 clients in more than 65 countries. Since 2002, Bill has been a member of Tradeweb’s Integration team, currently managing system integrations with clients, dealers and third-party vendors.

Bill holds an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Scranton, and he earned his M.B.A. and Master’s degree in Information Systems from Fordham University. Bill is an active member of a wide range of industry associations, including working groups run by FIX Protocol Ltd., SIFMA and the Asset Managers Forum.