Dr Robert Barnes
Turquoise CEO Dr Robert Barnes was named Industry Person of the Year last night following a vote by almost 300 attendees of The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading.
The new awards category for 2022was voted for by ballot throughout the evening by all dinner guests, with the votes collected and counted at the end of the night.
Other nominees included Alasdair Haynes, CEO of Aquis Exchange (which won Outstanding Equities Trading Venue); Simon Dove, managing director, head of EMEA liquidity strategy at Instinet (which won Outstanding Trading Technology Provider); Virginie Saade, EMEA head of government and regulatory policy for Citadel; and Natan Tiefenbrun, president of Cboe Europe (with Cboe Global winning Outsanding Exchange Group).
Dr Barnes, who has served as CEO of London Stock Exchange Group’s MTF, Turquoise, since 2013, won the evening’s vote by a substantial margin. Upon collecting the award, he received a standing ovation from the room, marking the respect and affection in which he is held by the industry. He also gave an impromptu but inspirational speech, marked by quotes from Mohammed Ali.
Dr Barnes is set to step down as Turquoise CEO by the end of the year, as reported yesterday by The TRADE.