Tom O'Brien is a veteran in the exchange world. He spent over 18 years at the London Stock Exchange working in various technology, information and capital market roles. In the LSE Membership team, Tom brought on some of the early HFTS as members and many of the Russian brokers that led to the success of the International Order Book. In his last role at the LSE he managed their FIX Gateway system which eased the trading processes between buyside and sellside.  He then moved onto TMX Atrium (now part of ICE) and built out the connectivity to Russia and managed the development of the microwave solution between Toronto and New York. His current roll is Head of International Sales at the Moscow Exchange, leading their charge to bring more investors and traders to it’s FX, Derivatives, Equities and Fixed Income markets. Tom started his career at Smith Brothers, which was bought by Merrill Lynch, as a junior trader on the options market.