Compagnie Financiere Tradition : Financière Tradition SA appoints industry veteran Michel Everaert as Global Head of E-Commerce and Digitalization

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LAUSANNE, 26 AVRIL 2024

Compagnie Financière Tradition SA

appoints industry veteran Michel Everaert as Global Head of E-Commerce and Digitalization

Compagnie Financière Tradition (Tradition), one of the largest global transactional and market data platform in financial and commodity related products, has today announced the appointment of accomplished industry veteran, Michel Everaert, as its Global Head of E-Commerce and Digitalization. Michel, who spent the past 13 years at the CME, latterly as Managing Director and Head of EMEA, will join Tradition Group's senior management team, reporting to its Global Executive to lead the Group's electronic initiatives and accelerate the transformation in its high-touch with high-tech customer driven strategy.

Tradition has already transitioned much of its transactional flow to automated and hybrid execution, with many platforms and processes integral to its large global client base. Michel's extensive Exchange, E-commerce and IT experience at the CME, and previously as CIO, E-commerce at GFI, will be invaluable in implementing increasing integration of multiple technology advances, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) into a global platform for its customers.

Patrick Combes, Chairman of Compagnie Financière Tradition, commented: "I am delighted that Michel is joining us at Tradition to accelerate further our business enhancement in line with our ambitious growth plans. We will be drawing on his considerable experience, as well as the wealth of knowledge he has accumulated throughout his 30-yearcareer."

Michel Everaert said: "Tradition is a leading global transactional platform with an ambition for expansion and innovation. I am excited about the potential this offers, and look forward to building relationships and working with teams across the global business."

ABOUT COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE TRADITION SA

Compagnie Financière Tradition SA is one of the world's largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter financial and commodity related products. Represented in over 30 countries. Compagnie Financière Tradition SA employs more than 2,400 people globally and provides broking and data services for a complete range of financial products (money market products. bonds. interest rate. currency and credit derivatives. equities. equity derivatives. interest rate futures and index futures) and non-financial products (energy and environmental products. and precious metals). Compagnie Financière Tradition SA (CFT) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

For more information. please visit www.tradition.com.

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