About Valutrades

Anil Bahirwani

Non Executive Director

Mr. Anil Mulchand Bahirwani is a successful Indonesian business entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of business experience. He is most known for helping build the AMB Group of companies comprising AMB Financial, AMB Property, AMB Lifestyle and AMB Strategic Investments.

Graeme Watkins

Chief Executive Officer

A dynamic modern CEO for a cutting-edge business, Graeme is registered with the FCA as SMF1, SMF16 and SMF17 and drives Valutrades with a passion for technology and process efficiency, specialising in solving complex problems with out-of-the-box solutions. Graeme has relevant industry experience of forex and CFD trading stretching almost 15 years, including roles at both oneZero Financial Systems and London Capital Group.

Experience details:

London Capital Group Nov 2005-2011 (FX Ops Manager)
One Zero Financial 2012-2014 (Head of Business Devlopement EMEA & Asia)
Surya Anugrah Mulya 2014-2015 (Research & Development Advisor)
Valutrades Limited 2015 - Present (CEO)

Liam Bonfield

Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Liam is registered with the FCA as SMF3 as well as being responsible for the firm's compliance with CASS. Liam believes the key to success is looking after your clients and putting them first. Liam is an experienced accountant, with a financial services background of over 15 years. He previously held the CF1 function as finance director at GMO Click UK Limited while setting up the UK finance function as well as positions at London Capital Group, including financial accountant and middle office manager.

Experience details:

Alliance Bernstein 2001-2003 (Purchase Ledger Clerk)
Dorrington Management Services 2003 (Accounts Assistant)
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry 2003-2006 (Management Accountant)
HSB Engineering Industry 2006-2007 (Management Accountant)
London Capital Group Ltd 2007-2012 (Financial accountant & Middle Office Manager)
GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited 2013-2016 (Finance Director)
Valutrades Limited 2016 - Present (CFO)

Neil Whitehead

Chief Technology Officer

Experience with government IT contracts, including HS2, NHS and Department of Communities and Local Government, working for Fujitsu gave Neil extensive experience of IT systems and the requirements placed on firms operating under a regulatory regime. Neil will be responsible for IT systems and security and will bring experience from other industries to the Valutrades board. Neil is registered with the FCA as SMF3.

JohnPaul Thwaytes

Institutional Sales 

JohnPaul Thwaytes is a non-executive director at Valutrades. For a modern broker that requires a mixture of dynamism and industry experience, JohnPaul's tenure within the FX market certainly ticks this box. As one of the original founders of ODL Securities, he knows exactly what it takes to build and run a successful brokerage. Another non-executive director who began his career on the LIFFE floor, his experience and insight is highly valuable to the running of Valutrades.

Lauren Connor

Head of Business Development

Lauren joined the company in 2015 as a member of the customer support team going on to become the customer support manager in 2018. In this period she focused on building a multilingual, efficient, and friendly team with the goal of making the client the key focus of the business. Lauren is now continuing this goal company-wide as the Head of Business development. As well as growing the sales and marketing team, implementing new ideas with different departments. She is excited to what the future holds for Valutrades.

Angeria Verawati

Customer Support Manager

Angeria Verawati is the Customer Support Manager whose work is focused on managing the support team in providing the best service for our clients. As the manager she has worked along other departments to help achieving their targets, providing feedback to improve the overall productivity, and conducting training of new team members. She has one goal which is to lead the support team toward maximum productivity and efficiency.

Mateus Moura

LATAM Sales

Mateus joined Valutrades in 2020 as an integral member of the Customer support team, focusing on providing a cutting edge service to our clients, and is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. In 2021 Mateus joined the sales team as LATAM Sales Associate working directly with Spanish and Portuguese speaking customers and helping to develop Valutrades in these markets.

Harry Campbell-Lamerton

Non Executive Director

Operations professional with 12+ years of experience within the global financial services industry, holding positions requiring oversight of risk, technical and business operations, client services and regulatory reporting. Harry is a member of the board of directors at Valutrades.

Brad Alexander

Brad Alexander is an industry veteran who started trading the currency markets long before the advent of online trading. He owns FX Large Limited, which is dedicated to the provision of content for the FX industry; his clients include fintech companies, educators and Valutrades. Brad is a self-confessed FX platform junkie who has worked with and created how-to content for most trading platforms, including MT4 and MT5.

Ross Maxwell

A full-time professional trader and founder of Key Zone Traders, a trading education company. Ross spent many years trading in the City of London and Hong Kong, before deciding to leave and become a full-time professional trader in his own right in 2014. Ross has also helped other traders from all over the world as a coach and mentor since 2017. Ross has a deep passion for responsible trading and building the foundations of trading education on a solid understanding of the risks involved, to achieve their trading goals. Ross understands that trading is a skill that needs to be developed and that everyone has different aspirations and different levels of experience, and has therefore designed courses to help people, no matter where they are on their trading journey.