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About GFT: Management Team Biographies
| GARY L. TILKIN, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Gary Tilkin is a 30-year veteran in futures and currencies trading who started at Merrill Lynch and moved to another national brokerage firm before breaking out on his own. Tilkin published a highly regarded market letter and advisory service trading in the futures markets. Following the success of his market letter, Tilkin raised substantial funds to manage for clients as a professionally licensed trader around the world. Tilkin confirmed his abilities to manage risk for his clients while earning a reputation for offering unsurpassed customer service. Tilkin later built and established several successful futures brokerage firms. As his clients increasingly requested services in the foreign currency markets (forex), Tilkin created GFT, Division of Global Futures & Forex, Ltd. As one of the first brokerage firms in the United States to offer online forex trading, his company was one of the early adopters of Internet technology by building forex trading software that provided worldwide access to the market. Gary Tilkin has been involved with every facet of the trading business, from being a customer and professional trader to a broker and managing executive. This extensive experience enabled him to see the market potential of the emerging forex market as an exciting alternative to traditional investment markets. Today, Tilkin's company serves clients in more than 120 countries throughout the world and is a world-leading online trading firm. Tilkin drives GFT, its management team, and employees to deliver the best possible products and customer service to forex clients, while building upon the most advanced forex trading software available. In July 2004, Tilkin was named a regional winner for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The YearŽ Award in the U.S. for the financial services category, which made him eligible for the national competition. The following November at the national event, in the U.S., Tilkin earned the status as an EOY National Finalist, one of three across the country from a pool of 400 regional winners. (See news releases for complete details.) |
| MUHAMMAD RASOUL, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
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Since GFT's founding in 1997, Muhammad Rasoul has worked within the company in almost every capacity, from dealing and sales to software design, accounting, and strategic planning. Today, Rasoul serves as the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer. Rasoul is responsible for development, product vision, technology selection and implementation, as well as internal and external IS (information systems) activities. Formerly, he performed as GFT's general manager and chief technology officer, helping the company establish its electronic trading infrastructure and breakthroughs in forex dealing software. Prior to the introduction of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Rasoul assisted regulatory officials in the design and implementation of forex trading practices and standards. He is also the author of Electronic Currency Trading Made Easy, a book about the forex market. He has published articles in various foreign exchange trade magazines and is often quoted by futures and forex trade journalists. Rasoul holds a Series 3 commodity futures license and a Series 7 general securities license. |
| DESMOND YEO, Chief Executive Officer , Asia |
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Desmond Yeo was appointed to chief executive officer of GFT Global Markets Asia in 2008. He is charged with building the support infrastructure for Asia and contributing efforts to increase the sales from the region. Prior to joining GFT, Yeo was head of E-Business at UOB Kay Hian, the largest stockbroker in Singapore. There, Yeo spearheaded the firm's online initiative in the Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand markets. By successfully setting up the systems, operations control, and online product offering, Yeo grew the unit to be a key contributor in UOBKH's profitability. Over the course of his career, Yeo has also held various roles in the in financial and IT industry, from leading business operation activities to consulting business solutions. Yeo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Abilene Christian University from Texas. |
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