Our Team

James Singleton

Jamie Singleton is Chairman and CEO of Cürex Group. Jamie has spent his 30 year financial career in the investment banking and private equity industries and has served on sixteen public and private corporate boards. Jamie joined Cürex in 2009 when the Company was founded as an original investor and has been responsible for Cürex’s corporate financing, strategy and operations management.

Andrew Corcoran

Andrew Corcoran is a Managing Director of Cürex Group focusing on business development for the Company’s execution services and data analytics products. Andy is a 20-year FX markets specialist with deep experience in prime brokerage, trade processing and client fulfillment services. Andy started his career at Merrill Lynch and spent the last 17 years at UBS where he was Executive Director of FX eSales for the Americas. Andy joined Cürex in 2016.

Kevin Cudahy

Kevin Cudahy is a Managing Director of Cürex Group. Kevin’s focus at Cürex is on business development for the Company’s execution services and data analytics products. Kevin has 25 years of experience in the FX market with expertise in electronic trading, relationship management and risk management. Prior to joining Cürex, Kevin was Head of FX Sales North America and a Team Leader for Bloomberg Tradebook. He was also Head of Bank Sales at BNP Paribas NY, and held sales and trading roles at Republic Bank, Westdeutsche Landesbank and Credit Suisse.

Bob Feeney

Bob Feeney is Chief Financial Officer of Cürex Group. Bob has over three decades of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Cürex in 2011, Bob was a Managing Director and senior financial officer at Bankers Trust, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase and began his career with KPMG as a CPA.

James Longo

James Longo is a Managing Director of software engineering at Cürex Group. James has over 20 years of experience in financial software development for leading industry firms. Prior to joining Cürex in 2011, James was a Senior Vice President at Citigroup where he led software development for the CitiFX Velocity platform.

Zoran Mavrinac

Zoran Mavrinac is a Senior Managing Director of Cürex Group with responsibility for Cürex’s FX ECN as well as financial product design and support. Zoran has over 30 years of experience in the FX market and has served as Chief Dealer at Republic National Bank, Credit Suisse and Westdeutsche Landesbank before heading liquidity management, prime services and operations at Hotspot, beginning at its founding in 2000. He joined the Cürex senior management team in 2011.

Claudio Pannunzio

Claudio Pannunzio is a Managing Director of Cürex Group responsible for leading the firm’s global brand and marketing strategy efforts. He possesses 20 years of FX trading experience in Europe and the US, including managing a $2.5 billion portfolio of currency overlays. He served as Vice President of Trading for Credit Suisse-First Boston and Republic National Bank of New York. He was also President of I-Impact Group, a marketing communications and branding consultancy and held senior positions at a number of US-based marketing communication firms. He joined Cürex in 2018.

Ron Papka

Ron Papka is a Managing Director of Cürex Group focused on the development of data analytics and trading tools. Ron has spent over 25 years creating analytical tools across a number of capital markets asset classes. Prior to joining Cürex, he was Director, Global Markets Technology for Citigroup. He also served as Global Head of Citi Velocity Analytics and Data Services. Ron earned a Ph.D in computer science from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in computer science from Brown University. Ron joined Cürex in 2016.

Sismi Ruiz

Sismi Ruiz is Senior Director of IT Operations and Infrastructure at Cürex Group and responsible for the oversight of all Cürex enterprise systems. Sismi has over 22 year of broad technology experience and has built low-latency, high-available systems from the ground up. Prior to joining Cürex’s predecessor company in 2008, he managed the IT infrastructure and operations for two equity hedge funds and held positions at Citi Bank (GTIS) and ADP’s Institutional Division.

Saul Sarrett

Saul Sarrett is Managing Director and General Counsel of Cürex Group. Saul is an experienced attorney with a broad background in financial services and business development advisory roles. At Cürex Saul’s responsibilities include legal, compliance and commercial obligations. Prior to joining Cürex in 2014, he was Special Counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell

Franz Schmidpeter

Franz Schmidpeter is a Managing Director of Cürex Group. Franz’s focus at Cürex is on data services and business development. He has over 20 years of FX market experience with a concentration on all aspects of trading, as well as product development and client relations. Franz previously held a senior position at the European bank, HVB, was Country Manager for GMAC-RFC in Germany and was a founding partner of BuysideFX. He joined Cürex in 2014.

Andre Severi

Andre Severi is a Managing Director of Cürex Group based in London with responsibility for the development of client relationships throughout the UK and EMEA. Andre has over 25 years of experience in FX sales and FX trading in Europe, Canada and the US, including as Head of European Institutional FX Sales at Royal Bank of Canada in London and as RBC’s Head of Institutional and Hedge Fund FX Sales North America in Toronto. Andre also served as Head of European and Middle East Institutional FX Sales at State Street Bank & Trust, London. He began his career as an FX trader at Credit Agricole in Paris and New York. He joined Cürex in 2017.

John Shupe

John Shupe is a Managing Director at Cürex Group overseeing quantitative analysis and index development. John has over 30 years’ of trading and sales experience in the FX markets. Prior to joining Cürex in 2010, he was a Director of Sales for Lava Trading and Chief Dealer at Royal Bank of Canada.

Beth White

Beth White is Managing Director of Operations for Cürex Group and is responsible for all FX product operations, client services, and product development. Beth has over 25 years of experience in foreign exchange management, including 11 years overseeing Hotspot FX’s operations and five years building and managing DLJ’s institutional FX business. She joined Cürex in 2011.

Daniel You

Daniel You is Senior Director of Quality Assurance of Cürex Group. Dan has over twenty years of quality assurance experience with primary focus in foreign exchange and equities. Prior to joining Cürex in 2011, he held positions in quality assurance at Citigroup, Lava Trading, and UBS.