Dr Robert Barnes, Group Head of Securities Trading & CEO, Turquoise Global Holdings, London Stock Exchange Group
Dr Robert Barnes is Group Head of Securities Trading at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), responsible for Capital Markets’ Securities Trading businesses world-wide for London Stock Exchange plc, including Equities, Exchange Traded Products, Fixed Income and Alternatives, and CEO of Turquoise, the UK Swiss & European share trading platform regulated by UK’s FCA and majority owned by LSEG that offers a universe of 4300+ Equities of more than 20 countries with links to 21 settlement destinations, including recent expansion to the US.
Turquoise is an industry leader, winning the Financial News Award for Innovation in 2015, The TRADE Award for Best Block Trading Venue in 2017, and in November, The TRADE Award for Outstanding Equities Trading Venue overall in 2021. Prior to joining LSEG in 2013, Dr Barnes worked at UBS from 1994 including as Managing Director, Equities, and founding CEO of UBS MTF which grew to #1 among peers.
His industry roles included serving as Chairman of the Securities Trading Committee of the London Investment Banking Association and as Member of UK FSA’s Capital Markets Senior Practitioner Committee and European Commission’s Clearing and Settlement Expert Group. Robert holds a BA from Harvard, a PhD from Cambridge, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.