Marcus Hooper

Marcus Hooper is a director of Agora Global Consultants Ltd.  Agora provides services in strategic business development for trading / MTF / Exchange businesses Agora also runs projects in related business areas including trading systems, market structure strategy, process management, new regulations & risk mitigation and business process management / enhancement. 
Prior to this Marcus was the Chief Executive Officer of the European division of Aritas Financial.  Marcus established Aritas from the ground up as both an MTF (Multilateral Trading Facility) and an investment firm offering algorithmic and electronic trading solutions. 
Marcus has spent over 27 years in financial services including 17 years in senior asset management trading roles.  He was the manager in charge of trading operations for the Investment Management divisions of HBOS, Allianz Dresdner and AXA.  Throughout his career he has worked in the fields of market microstructure and the deployment of electronic trading technologies. 
Having been actively involved in financial services industry working and advisory groups Marcus has made contributions in the areas of electronic trading, financial markets regulation, market structure, transaction cost analysis and the development and application of trading technology.  He has worked on financial markets projects undertaken by The European Commission, The UK Treasury, The FSA, The Investment Managers’ Association, The British Banking Association, The London Investment Banking Association and The London Stock Exchange.
  Marcus is proud to have lectured executive MBA programs in the UK and USA, and was a nominated speaker for the USA’s Association of Investment Management and Research education program.