Robert Barnes

Dr Robert Barnes, Co-CEO of BPX Digital Securities Exchange, is an exchange expert of 31 years in financial markets, including as CEO of two successful trading venues, Turquoise (2013-2022) & UBS MTF (2010-2013, while at UBS 1994-2013). His peers voted him The TRADE’s first Industry Person of the Year at its Leaders in Trading Awards, and he received the European Markets Choice Award for Individual Market Recognition in 2022. In 2023, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment awarded him its highest accolade, an Honorary Fellowship and published his article on digital securities in The Review.