Chris Pickles

This part of the web site contains career information about myself.  If you have met me along the way, why not drop me an email and keep in touch?  The following is a summary of what I've done and where I've been.

I was born in the USA and grew up in England.  I am a graduate of the University of Lancaster, England.  For the next nine years I worked in computer solutions sales and marketing for Burroughs (now Unisys), Plessey Microsystems and Immediate Business Systems, dealing with most types of industry.  I then spent three years as a Consultant with the Marketing Consultancy Division of PA Computers and Telecommunications, working for clients such as IBM Europe, British Telecom, the UK Government, etc.  In 1986 I joined Reuters, and have worked in the financial services sector ever since. With Reuters I worked in head office product marketing and product planning, moved to Paris as a product marketing manager for western Europe, and then moved to Frankfurt to become Marketing Manager of Reuters Germany.  In 1991 I joined Frankfurt Stock Exchange (which became Deutsche Börse) as Manager of Exchange Products, responsible for the DAX Index and market data products and services.  In 1995 I moved to Brussels to take up the role of secretary-general of the European Association of Securities Dealers (EASD), where I helped in the creation of the EASDAQ stock market.  In 1997 I joined Viasoft Inc, moved back to England, and became its International Solutions Manager.  And in 1999 I joined Equant Network Services as its Global Marketing Manager, Financial Network, where I helped in the creation of Radianz Inc, the financial services community network.  Radianz was bought by BT in 2005.  I now work as Head of Industry Initiatives, Global Banking & Financial Markets, BT.