CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 82.12% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money

Leadership team

With decades of expertise in finance and trading, our leadership has made us one of Europe’s fastest-growing brokers, creating innovative solutions that empower traders to make better decisions.

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Viktor Prokopenya Founder
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Viktor is a British tech entrepreneur with an eye for identifying market-shaping, disruptive tech-first ventures. He has been investing in disruptive technology through his global investment vehicle, VP Capital, since 2001.

It was his penchant for marrying best-in-class technology with highly motivated teams of people that led him to set up Capital.com in 2016. Since then, Capital.com has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing trading platforms, with offices across the UK, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.

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Rupert Osborne CEO - UK
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Rupert joined Capital.com in June 2022, having spent more than 15 years in trading and sales roles in the UK and US. After working on the dealing desk at IG for a number of years, he became Deputy Head of Dealing for FX and cryptocurrency products. In 2017 he was appointed as CEO of IG US, where he launched and gained regulatory approval for the firm, before growing it into a significant new competitor in the US FX market. 

As Dealing Director for the Capital.com Group he now assumes responsibility for the dealing and trading teams, and ensures the Group’s pricing and hedging strategies are well managed and compliant.

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Christoforos Soutzis CEO - Europe
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Christoforos joined the Capital.com team in November 2016, bringing with him a decade of experience in the insurance and finance sectors. He started his career as an Actuary in reinsurance broking, then spent another three years in the brokerage sector moving up through the ranks of Junior Dealer to Risk Manager. He joined us as Head of Risk, before becoming Chief Risk Officer and then Head of Operations. 

He has a Bsc in Mathematics at Leads University, and an MSc in Actuarial science at City University London.

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Tarik Chebib CEO – Middle East
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Tarik Chebib is responsible for expanding Capital.com into new, high-growth markets across the region.  With over a decade of experience in the brokerage industry, Tarik originally joined Capital.com as Chief Revenue Officer in July 2021, before transitioning to the role of regional CEO a year later. Based in Dubai, Tarik is currently heading up our newly licensed subsidiary in the UAE. He has held a number of senior management roles over the course of his career, including Head of Sales at IG, and more recently, Head of Middle East at Pepperstone. 

He holds an MSc in Management from Cass Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Business from Brunel University London.

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Campbell MacPherson CEO - Australia
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Campbell is responsible for driving growth and business strategy across the region. He has held senior leadership and advisory positions at some of the world's foremost financial institutions, with 25+ years of experience driving business success across Asia, continental Europe, and the UK. 

At Thomson Reuters, Campbell played a pivotal role expanding the company's Treasury and FX Trading divisions. He’s also held roles at Blackrock’s iShares, UBS, Russel Investments, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Australian Securities Exchange.

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Ariel Segev CEO - Capital.com IP, Capital.com Technology company
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Ariel joined Capital.com in March 2021. He began his journey at Ernst & Young 16 years ago, where he was a Senior Auditor of hi-tech, Nasdaq-traded companies. He later served as a Senior Controller in the start-up scene, as well as multinational matured conglomerates such as the French Alstom Energy group (purchased by General Electric). More recently he spent three years with the social-trading platform eToro, as its Head of Finance in Europe. 

Ariel is a certified public accountant and holds a BA in Accounting, Management and Economics, as well as an MBA in Financial Management.

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Greg Adams Head of Risk
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Greg joined Capital.com in November 2022, after spending 16 years at IG Group. He spent his time there in a variety of risk-management and credit-operations roles, and was most recently Head of Risk Assurance. 

At Capital.com he chairs the Group Risk Committee, with responsibility for embedding the firm’s risk-management framework and leading our second-line-of-defence risk team. 

Greg has an MA in Classics and French from the University of Oxford.

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John Austin Chief Strategy Officer
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John joined Capital.com in December 2023 with over two decades of experience in derivatives trading. Prior to Capital.com , John was the Chief Strategy Officer at LMAX Group, leading strategic initiatives in the FX brokerage and crypto exchange space. Previously, he served on the Executive Committee of IG Group for several years, as well as on the Advisory Board of Coinrule. 

He holds an MA from Cambridge University and an MSc in Finance from London Business School.

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Sheena Basi Chief Compliance Officer
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Sheena joined Capital.com in September 2023 with a demonstrable track record of managing teams across Europe and the Middle East in all aspects of regulatory compliance. 
Prior to Capital, Sheena was the Chief Compliance Officer at ADSS. Sheena spent over a decade of her early career at CMC Markets, rising from the role of Compliance Assistant to Head of Compliance for the UK and Europe. 

She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Queen Mary University of London and a Master’s degree in International Public Policy from UCL.

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Jessica Bliesner Chief Operating Officer
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Based in London, Jessica is responsible for spearheading strategic initiatives and optimising processes to enhance efficiency across Capital.com’s regional operations. 

She brings over 20 years of experience in the media, technology, and finance sectors. Most recently, she served as VP of Corporate Development, Strategy & Investor Relations at Zepz, a London-based fintech company. She also held the position of Head of Technology Strategy & Operations at King, where she played a key role in driving technological advancements and operational efficiency.

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Kayleigh Lewis Head of Business Performance and Transformation
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Kayleigh joined Capital.com in September 2023 with 15 years of experience working in brokerages, electronic money institutions (EMIs), and operations. 

Prior to joining Capital.com, Kayleigh served as Chief Operating Officer at Oval Money. Kayleigh spent nearly a decade of her early career at OvalX, rising from the role of New Accounts Executive to Head of Operations. She has successfully led global operations teams through improvements in quality, efficiency, and scalability, as well as completing several M&A projects across the brokerage space.

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Nikolai Markovnik Chief Marketing Officer
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Since joining the company in 2016, Nikolai has been instrumental in driving growth – from its early beginnings as a start-up into the global business it is today. With an aptitude for building talent and growing businesses in the high-growth fintech space, Nikolai has successfully helmed numerous core functions ranging from legal and operations to growth and marketing. 

He has more than 10 years of experience in business growth and investments and holds a PhD in Law.

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Dana Massey Chief Product and Technology Officer
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Dana joined Capital.com in May 2022, adding twenty years of experience in mass-market product development and strategy to the team. He most recently held senior roles helping customers in global remittances, where he was Product VP for WorldRemit; and mobile video games, where he served as Senior Director for New Games at King (a part of Activision Blizzard). 

Over the years, Dana has led product management, analytics and development functions, spearheading the launch of dozens of products serving millions of customers around the world.

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Valentina Rzheutskaya Chief Legal Officer and Executive Director
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Before bringing her expertise to Capital.com, Valentina worked as a Lead Legal Counsel and Administrative or Managing Director in many companies across the IT, media, real-estate and financial-services sectors. 

Prior to that, Valentina was an Associate in a top local legal firm. Valentina has a Bachelor's Degree in the Legal Regulation of Commercial Activities from Belarusian State University, and passed the Professional Management programme at the IPM Business School. She is currently completing her LLM with Kings College of London, on its International Financial and Commercial Law programme.

What the industry says about us

Our intuitive products, dedicated client service and continuing innovation have been recognised time and again by some of the leading authorities in the industry

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    Investors' Chronicle & Financial Times
    5 Star Winner - App (2024)
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    5 Star Winner - CFD Provider (2024)
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    Investors' Chronicle & Financial Times
    5 Star Winner - Selective Platform (2024)
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    Good Money Guide
    Best Trading App 2023
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    Online Money Awards
    Best CFD Provider (2023)
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    ForexBrokers.com
    Fastest Growing Broker (2023)
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    Investment Trends
    Overall Client Satisfaction (2022)
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    Investment Trends
    Value for Money (2022)
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    ADVFN
    Best Spread Betting Platform (2022)
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    Supporting New Investors (2022)