Damian Bunce

Damian Bunce brings over 30 years of unparalleled forex and online securities trading expertise in brokerage and investment banking. With an extensive career at leading financial services institutions such as IBM, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Saxo Bank, Damian Bunce has held numerous C-level positions. Bunce completed the global executive leadership program at Yale School of Management in 2016.

Bunce's career began in September 1993 when he joined the Software Products Division of global technology giant IBM, where he worked for more than two years. In December 1995, he moved to Barings, a global investment management firm, where he served as the Director of the Securities Division for over four years. He spent nine years at Goldman Sachs where he led electronic execution sales for Europe, followed by three years at Barclays Capital where he was Managing Director and head of European electronic sales trading and distribution.

Career History

• Chief Executive Officer, GTN Middle East (2024–present)
• Chief Customer Officer, Exness (2023–2024); previously Chief Trading Officer (2021–2023)
• Chief Commercial Officer, Saxo Bank (2018–2021)
• Managing Director and Global Head of Electronic Markets, Sberbank CIB, Moscow (6 years)

At Exness, during his 3.5-year tenure, the company developed a new B2B capability and broke retail volume records, boasting 4 trillion dollars/month and ranking number 1 in the industry. He was the chief architect of Sberbank Markets, the eFX platform of Russia's Sberbank, building it to the largest USD/RUB liquidity source in the world.

What Damian Bunce could bring to his role as Regional CEO for the Middle East at GTN: With his 30+ years of proven expertise in building B2B fintech capabilities, driving record trading volumes, and establishing market-leading eFX platforms across global institutions, Bunce is positioned to expand GTN's regional presence in the strategically important Middle East market. His deep relationships with institutional clients, combined with his track record at Saxo Bank and Exness in scaling B2B operations and managing complex trading ecosystems, suggests he will focus on replicating GTN's regulated trading solutions across brokers and banks in the MENA region.