BGC Partners, a global brokerage firm, has appointed Mark Benfield as executive managing director and director of the BGC Market Data unit. He will be based in the Asia Pacific region and work under Shaun Lynn, president of BGC Partners.

He has succeeded Bernie Weinstein, who will continue to manage Kleos, BGC’s technology infrastructure and system operations hosting service, and also be responsible for the fiirm’s intellectual property business. Benfield has formerly worked at ICAP, where he was regional managing director for ICAP Information Services in the Asia Pacific region.

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