Plato Partnership has added UBS Asset Management’s Lynn Challenger to its board of directors.
Challenger holds over 25 years’ experience in capital markets, multi-asset trading, technology, best execution and investment operations.
He currently serves as managing director, global head of trading and order generation at UBS Asset Management, where he has spent the last six years.
Prior to that, Challenger spent nearly a year at Bridgewater Associates as head of execution – trading.
Challenger also previously served on the board of directors at San Francisco-based, non-profit organisation, March of Dimes.
Elsewhere in his career, Challenger served as managing director of global trading at Mellon Capital Management; director of FX options trading at Dresdner Kleinwort; head of options trading at WR Hambrecht and Co; and head of Asia, FX options at Credit Suisse.
Challenger announced his appointment in a social media post, saying: “I am very pleased to announce that I have joined the Board of Directors at Plato Partnership representing UBS Asset Management. Plato is a non-profit group focused on improving our equity marketplace.”
At time of publication, Plato Partnership had not yet responded to a request for comment.
Earlier this year, Plato Partnership appointed Instinet’s EMEA head of execution services to become its latest sell-side chair. Salvador Rodriguez assumed the role, replacing Chris McConville, global head of platform licensing at UBS, who previously held the position.