RBS Hires FX Tech-Based Trading Head

Ed Mount has joined Royal Bank of Scotland as head of foreign exchange technology-based trading.

Ed Mount has joined Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as head of foreign exchange technology-based trading, FX Week reports. In the newly created role, he will manage technology-based trading products across both FX spot and options, including high-frequency and algorithmic trading. Mount will work under Tim Carrington, global head of FX and be based in London. Mount has earlier worked on the buy side with Elysium Capital Fund before rolling out Elysium Technology, of which he has been president and CEO since 2007.

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