State Street appoints Head of Sales for Currenex

State Street has announced the appointment of Scott Johnson as its new vice president, head of sales in Australia for Currenex; State Street's technology provider for the global FX community.

Based in Sydney, Johnson reports to Chris Barrett, head of GlobalLink for Asia Pacific, and is responsible for providing tailored access to liquidity sources to corporates, active traders, banks, hedge funds and brokers through the Currenex platform.

Johnson joins State Street from LMAX in Singapore where he spent five years managing institutional and retail businesses across the Asia-APAC region. Prior to that, he held senior trading roles in Sydney and Europe.