Pirum onboards Kohli as EMEA Key Account Management Director
11 September 2024 UK
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Pirum has hired Amit Kohli as EMEA key account management director to expand the firm’s presence in the region.
Kohli is a senior securities finance expert with more than 21 years of experience in capital markets, which spans across securities borrowing and lending, repo, collateral, and regulatory technology.
He joins from KPMG where he helped to build the firm’s capital markets consulting business, serving buy side, sell side, and financial market infrastructure (FMI) clients.
Previously in his career, Kohli has directed operations, sales, trading and product teams in companies including Rule Financial, SunGard Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust International, and Nomura.
Commenting on the hire, Jacob Koopmans, chief revenue officer at Pirum, says: “[Kohli’s] many professional achievements, including the progression and growth of the capital markets business at KPMG, underscore his exceptional drive and leadership skills, as well as his encyclopaedic expertise in securities finance technology, regulation and products.
“The way Amit consistently approaches opportunities and challenges through a client-centric lens will be hugely beneficial to Pirum’s clients across EMEA.”
Kohli adds: “I have always been impressed by the consistency of Pirum’s reputation, both in terms of its product development and culture of collaboration and transparency.
“Esteemed private equity investment simply reiterates the credibility and direction of the Pirum brand.”
Kohli is a senior securities finance expert with more than 21 years of experience in capital markets, which spans across securities borrowing and lending, repo, collateral, and regulatory technology.
He joins from KPMG where he helped to build the firm’s capital markets consulting business, serving buy side, sell side, and financial market infrastructure (FMI) clients.
Previously in his career, Kohli has directed operations, sales, trading and product teams in companies including Rule Financial, SunGard Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust International, and Nomura.
Commenting on the hire, Jacob Koopmans, chief revenue officer at Pirum, says: “[Kohli’s] many professional achievements, including the progression and growth of the capital markets business at KPMG, underscore his exceptional drive and leadership skills, as well as his encyclopaedic expertise in securities finance technology, regulation and products.
“The way Amit consistently approaches opportunities and challenges through a client-centric lens will be hugely beneficial to Pirum’s clients across EMEA.”
Kohli adds: “I have always been impressed by the consistency of Pirum’s reputation, both in terms of its product development and culture of collaboration and transparency.
“Esteemed private equity investment simply reiterates the credibility and direction of the Pirum brand.”
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