J.P. Morgan Hires Frank Troise as Global Head of Electronic Client Solutions

J.P. Morgan announced today that Frank Troise will join the investment bank as Global Head of Equities Electronic Client Solutions where he will oversee the electronic trading business including product management, distribution, direct market access, algorithmic trading, electronic liquidity management and market structure. He will be based in New York and report to Carlos Hernandez, Head of Global Equities.

Mr. Troise was previously the Head of Equities Electronic Trading Product at Barclays Capital. His responsibilities included global product management for the electronic trading of equities and listed options. Prior to Barclays Capital, Mr. Troise worked at Lehman Brothers from 2005 to 2008 and at ITG Inc. from 1997 to 2005.

"Frank has tremendous experience in the electronic markets and has been at the forefront of delivering client solutions in this evolving space,” said Hernandez. "We look forward to having him grow our Electronic Client Solutions platform into a market leading offering to better serve our clients.”

Mr. Troise holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Boston University, an M.S. in operations research from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Recently, J.P. Morgan has refocused its efforts in electronic trading within Equities and the Prime Services divisions. Other notable recent hires include Michael Green who was named Head of Equities in Tokyo and Electronic Client Solutions in Asia and Olushola Olateju who now leads J.P. Morgan’s Global Electronic Trading Technology team.

J.P. Morgan’s Electronic Client Solutions (ECS) group provides institutional, middle market, hedge fund and broker dealer clients with direct market access, pre- and post-trade analytics and various algorithmic trading tools designed to minimize transaction costs and maintain anonymity.

About J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan is the investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.0 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. JPMorgan Chase is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. The firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about J.P. Morgan is available at www.jpmorgan.com.