The global head of platform management at Saxo Bank is set to depart the Danish firm for a senior foreign exchange market role at another bank in the region, Financial News has learned.

Henrik Holst, named as one of Financial News's Rising Stars in trading at technology this year, is leaving Saxo to join Nordea, Norway's largest bank. He will join the bank in January and will oversee the running of its e-Markets electronic currency trading platform.