Peter Cooper takes over from Cameron Systems Acting Co-CEO's John Cameron and Martin Koopman. Cameron Systems Founder and Chairman, John Cameron, will focus on his CTO responsibilities with overall responsibility for Cameron's Technology Development globally. Martin Koopman will continue in his role as Commercial Director, with particular focus on the North Americas region.
Peter has 20 years experience in technology and finance; he most recently headed Systems Development across a range of product sets for Standard Chartered Bank. Prior to Standard Chartered, Peter held Executive positions at Rothschilds, Macquarie Bank and the Australian Stock Exchange. He has also held leadership roles in a range of industry initiatives and standards bodies in Asia.
"John Cameron, Martin Koopman and the team have built an excellent organization which is positioned perfectly to be No.1 globally in FIX," said Peter Cooper, Cameron System’s CEO. "I am very much looking forward to this opportunity to lead the realization of that goal and the continuing acceptance of FIX in current and new markets."
"Our challenge is to manage our 60% per annum growth while maintaining the product quality and customer service which has earned us our reputation and pre-eminent place in the market," said John Cameron, Cameron System’s Founder and CTO. "Hiring Peter Cooper is a response to that challenge and continues our policy of building our team from the very best people the industry has to offer. His broad industry knowledge and proven experience managing globally distributed teams will be invaluable to us. Peter also comes to us with a history of innovative strategic vision and successful delivery. This bodes well for the future for Cameron Systems and our customers. We are looking forward to exciting times ahead."
Cameron Systems Commercial Director Martin Koopman welcomes Peter Cooper to the management team: "Peter stepping into the role as CEO will allow me to focus on managing our rapid growth in the key North American market. We look forward to him driving and extending Cameron’s leadership position in helping the global financial community meet their FIX connectivity requirements."
Peter Cooper’s position with Cameron Systems commenced December 1.
Cameron Systems is next exhibiting at the Bond Market Association’s Fixed Income Summit, New York December 8, booth # 221, followed by the FIX Protocol organization’s conference China, January 2005 and GMAC’s International Banking & Securities System Forum, Tokyo February 16 & 17.
