Yann has been the Group Chief Information Officer for the Tradition Group since April 2010, in his capacity he oversees the Group IT Strategy, development, deployment and support of current and new technology including the Trad-x hybrid and ParFX electronic platforms. Before taking his role at Tradition, he led the development, integration and technological deployment of the Turquoise’s trading platform now owned by the LSE Group. From 2003 to 2007 he was the CIO of the Boston Stock Exchange where he oversaw trading system R&D and created LeveL Alternative Trading System and his innovative ‘dark book’ market as well as the new BeX lit or ‘bright book’. He had previously worked at The Toronto Stock Exchange where he was in charge of the complete overhaul of the Trading technology for the Senior and Junior equity market.
He is the non-executive Chairman of Enyx, a Company specialized in FPGA technology, a non-executive Board Member of Adaptive Financial a Company specialized in development of Software for Trading and Financial firms and frequently speaks in technology conference, is a recognized expert electronic trading technology both in North American and in Europe.