FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that London based FX and CFD brokerage umbrella firm Rostro Group has promoted Saul Knapp to the position of Group Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Saul Knapp joined Rostro Group last year, as Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Prior to Rostro Saul spent two years as CRO at Equiti Capital, the FCA-licensed UK arm of global brokerage Equiti Group. He has also previously worked at Britannia Global Markets and GKFX.
Rostro Financial was founded in 2020 by former ACM/TradeTech (now Finalto) executive Roger Hambury, with ambitions to acquire and grow out companies in the Retail FX, CFDs, and crypto trading sector. The company closed its first acquisition earlier this year buying CySEC-licensed Scope Markets, and has been busy over the past year adding a number of (mainly) FX industry executives including John Williams (ex Equiti Capital) as CIO, former Equiti Capital COO Michael Ayres as CEO, Equiti and GKFX alum Mitesh Vaghela as CPO, and Equiti exec Owen Purssell as Head of Distribution.
