US financial technology firm Talos Inc will soon open an office in Singapore to mark its expansion into Asia, and has hired Samar Sen from Deutsche Bank as head of Asia Pacific to lead its growth strategy in the region.
Talos, a technology provider for institutional trading of digital assets, says in a statement on November 11 that the new office will be opened “imminently”.
Sen was global head of digital products for securities services at Deutsche Bank and has also worked at BNP Paribas, Barclays and Goldman Sachs.
“With his background as a capital markets technologist, Samar most definitely fits the bill [to lead Talos’s Asia Pacific strategy],” Anton Katz, co-founder and chief executive officer of the firm, says in the statement.
According to Sen, setting up shop in Singapore is a “great way to get our platform into the hands of Asia Pacific institutions”.
“Talos has been expanding organically in Asia for some time now, and simply put, it is time we create a local presence to help us better serve our clients. Talos looks forward to working with Singapore and hiring locally for all business functions across revenue, technology and operations,” he says.
