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Trading heavyweights approached for Plato CEO post

Former Goldman and Instinet executives have been contacted about the chief executive role at Europe's newest equity trading venue

Richard Balarkas is among those to have been approached
Richard Balarkas is among those to have been approached

Former Goldman Sachs and Instinet executives have been approached about the chief executive role at Europe's newest equity trading venue.

Plato Partnership, a planned not-for-profit trading venue founded last year by a group of investment banks and money managers, is due to go live in early 2016 and is in the process of recruiting a CEO and finalising its formal structure.

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