B2C2 Names US CEO

Crypto liquidity provider B2C2 has named Cactus Raazi as CEO of the firm’s US business, he will be based in New Jersey, report to group CEO Thomas Restout, and join the firm’s executive committee.

Raazi will also be responsible for developing and implementing B2C2’s US business strategy, and building relationships in the US and across the broader Americas region with both clients and wider stakeholders including regulators. The firm says it has a sizeable business in the US market and has seen significant growth in a diversified client base that includes large institutions, asset managers and Tier 1 banks.

Raazi joins from 18 months at Enhanced Digital Group, where he was head of US strategy, prior to that was US CEO and co-head Americas at Amber Group, where he led the firm’s revenue growth and regulatory engagement for 15 months. Before that he co-founded and spent more than six years at bond trading platform Elefant, which was acquired by Exos – Raazi also had short spells at TradeWeb and Nomura, after leaving Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 13 years, most latterly in credit sales.

“Cactus has an exceptional track record in finance and technology, and he is therefore perfectly placed to develop the US offer to the next stage of our growth,” says Restout. “As the digital asset sector continues to mature, we see the convergence of the crypto native and trad-fi worlds, and Cactus’ established commercial and regulatory relationships across both will deliver tremendous benefits to our clients and our firm.”