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Knight Has New Head of Electronic Trading Group

April 1, 2011

Knight Capital Group, Inc. appointed George Sohos, 44, as Head of the Electronic Trading Group (ETG).  He joined Knight in 2000 and has been a member of the senior ETG management team since 2005.  Most recently, he led the quantitative teams responsible for executing all U.S. and European client order flow.   Mr. Sohos will report to Thomas Joyce, Chairman and CEO of Knight Capital Group.

"... Under George Sohos' direction, we plan to further expand client market making and principal trading activities across geographies and asset classes."  --

Knight is one of the world's leading market makers providing liquidity both on- and off-exchange in a broad range of securities.  ETG employs sophisticated quantitative models and trading technology to provide clients with deep, natural liquidity in U.S. and European equities, options and foreign exchange.

Mr. Sohos has a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Arizona and a bachelor of science in mathematics from Panepistimion Patron in Greece.   [DailyFinance, 3/23]