Virtu Financial, Inc. announced that on August 1, 2024, Cindy Lee, currently Deputy Chief Financial Officer, will become CFO of Virtu Financial. Sean Galvin, currently CFO of Virtu since 2020, will remain with Virtu in a senior capacity and will work with Cindy to ensure a seamless leadership transition. This transition is the result of the Company?s long-term succession planning with respect to the CFO role.
A seasoned professional in the financial services sector, Cindy Lee joined Virtu in 2011 where she has held various roles in global finance and most recently as Deputy CFO has overseen global finance and corporate treasury functions. As a leader, Cindy spearheaded the automation of financial processes across Virtu?s global offices and helped grow the finance team. Cindy?s contributions were integral to the successful completion of Virtu?s IPO in 2015 and the integration of Virtu's multiple acquisitions including KCG in 2017 and ITG in 2019.
Prior to joining Virtu in 2011, Cindy worked at The Royal Bank of Scotland and was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. Cindy graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Master?s and Bachelor?s degrees in Accounting.
Virtu Financial, Inc. is a financial services company that leverages technology to provide execution services and data, analytics and connectivity products to its clients and deliver liquidity to the global markets. The Company's segments include Market Making and Execution Services. The Market Making segment principally consists of market making in the cash, futures, and options markets across global equities, fixed income, currencies, cryptocurrencies, and commodities. The Execution Services segment offers agency execution services and trading venues that provide trading in global equities, exchange traded funds, fixed income, currencies, and commodities to institutions, banks and broker dealers. The Company's integrated, multi-asset analytics platform provides a range of pre- and post-trade services, data products and compliance tools. It provides a product suite, including offerings in liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology.