Senior Management

Nick Finegold Chairman
Nick Finegold is founder and Executive Chairman of Execution Limited. After 20 years of industry experience Nick established Execution in July 2001 to become a leader in the provision of conflict-free broking and research to the world’s major institutions. Prior to founding Execution, Nick spent five years as Head of Global Equity Sales Trading at Deutsche Bank in London where he was instrumental in setting up their European equity trading business. Nick also established the Execution Charitable Trust in 2002, which targets community projects in the UK’s poorest and most deprived areas. Nick is based in our London office.
 

Simon Brookhouse CEO
Simon Brookhouse joined Execution Limited in November 2008 and is Chief Executive Officer. Simon joined us from HSBC where he was Global Head of Equities and established a profitable Equities business platform. Prior to this Simon was Head of European Equities at Merrill Lynch. Simon is based in our London office.
 

Damien Devine Global COO
Damien Devine is a founding partner and Global COO of Execution Limited. Prior to joining Nick to establish Execution, Damien spent 6 years at Deutsche Bank where he was Chief Operating Officer of Global Exchange Services and was appointed Managing Director. Damien is also currently Chairman of the Execution Charitable Trust and is based in our London Office.
 

Garreth Hodgson Head of European Equities
Garreth Hodgson joined Execution as one of the founding partners in July 2001 and is now Head of European Equities. Prior to joining Execution, Garreth spent 6 years in Equity Sales and Sales Trading at Goldman Sachs. He is based in our London office.
 
 

Bruce Howitt Head of European Credit
Bruce joined Execution in July 2009 and is Head of European Credit. Bruce has 20 years of experience in Fixed Income, latterly at Merrill Lynch where he ran Investment Grade trading. Bruce is based in our London Office.
 
 

Gary Cunningham Head of US Equities
Gary Cunningham joined Execution in December 2002 and is Head of US Equities. Gary joined us from ABN AMRO and is based in our Greenwich, CT office.

Craig Reilly Head of Asian Equities
Craig Reilly joined Execution in Dec 2004 and is Head of Asian Equities. Craig joined us from Bearn Stearns and Co and is based in our Hong Kong office.

Nigel Morris Jones Head of ECM
Nigel Morris-Jones joined Execution in June 2008 and is Head of Equity Capital Markets. Nigel joined us from Fox-Pitt Kelton and is based in our London office.

Tony Nash Head of Execution Services
Tony Nash joined Execution Limited in November 2008 and is Head of Execution Services. Tony joined us from Lehman Brothers where he was Managing Director and Head of Portfolio and Electronic Trading Sales. With over 19 years experience Tony joined Execution to build the Portfolio and Electronic Trading businesses. Tony is based in our London office. 
 

Dipesh Patel Head of UK Sales
Dipesh Patel joined Execution in March 2005 and is Head of UK Sales. Dipesh joined us from DPS Capital and is based in our London office.

Nick Tranter Head of Derivatives
Nick Tranter joined Execution Limited in August 2009 and is Head of Derivatives. Nick joined us from BNP Paribas where he was Pan European Head of Equities and Derivatives Flow Sales. Prior to this Nick was a Managing Director and Pan European Head of Equity Derivatives Sales at Morgan Stanley. With 20 years of Equity Derivatives experience Nick joined Execution to build the Client Derivatives Platform. Nick is based in our London office. 
 

Martin Dolan Head of Research
Martin Dolan joined Execution Limited in October 2003 and is Head of Equity Research. Martin's original focus was to cover Consumer Staples stocks specialising in the Food, Beverages and Personal Care space. Martin joined with his colleague James Edwardes Jones from Credit Suisse First Boston where they were the No.1 ranked Pan European Food team. Martin is based in our London office.
 

John Moore Head of UK Sales Trading
John Moore is a founding Partner of Execution Limited. John Worked with Nick Finegold at Deutsche bank and made to move to establish Execution in July 2001. From a fund management and sales background, John made the move to Sales Trading in 1996 specialising in block trading. John has over 22 years experience trading Pan European Equities. John is based in London where he runs Pan European Sales Trading.
 

Neil Strong Head of Insurance Products
Neil Strong joined Execution in September 2007 and is Head of Insurance Products. Neil joined us from Willis Ltd and is based in our London office.

James Blackburn European COO
James Blackburn joined Execution Limited in September 2001 and is European COO. James joined us from Merrill Lynch where he was Managing Director in charge of Sales Trading to U.S. clients. James is based in our London office.
 
 

David Walker Head of International (US)
David Walker joined Execution Limited in February 2006 and is Head of International Equities. David has 15 years of experience in US Sales Trading and European Equity Sales. David joined us from European Equity Sales at ABN AMRO and is based in our Greenwich, CT office.