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FIX Protocol Global Technical Committee re-elect co-Chair
Posted: 06 November 2008
Rapid Addition, the FIX-enabled securities transaction message technology supplier, has announced that Kevin Houstoun, Chairman, has been re-elected as co-Chair of the Financial Information eXchange Protocol Ltd (FPL) Global Technical Committee for a second term by figures from the global securities technology industry.
Mr Houstoun will continue to work alongside Matt Simpson of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) as Global Technical Committee (GTC) co-chair. Along with his roles at Rapid Addition and FPL, Mr Houstoun is a retained consultant to HSBC Investment Bank and acts as its representative on the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Global Technical Committee. The GTC oversees such initiatives as FIX implementation guidance, information security and communication with other standards bodies. Mr Houstoun is also an active member of the FPL Global Steering Committee.
During his time as co-chair, Mr Houstoun has led the following initiatives: FIX 5.0 which addresses the needs of exchanges; transport independence; and FAST 1.1.
Kevin Houstoun has nearly twenty five years' experience in the financial services industry. After starting his career with KPMG, he worked at Robert Flemings and in 1999 joined the European Equity Electronic Trading Team at Salomon Brothers, now part of Citigroup. He helped to establish the FIX (Financial Information Exchange) Protocol in Europe.
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