Dmitri Galinov is a proven financial technology entrepreneur and senior executive who has launched and built several successful FinTech platforms and companies over the past two decades. He is a passionate advocate for innovative information technologies that enhance financial industry transparency and accessibility.
Dmitri is the founder and CEO of 24 Exchange (24X Bermuda Holdings LLC), a privately held company with two primary operating subsidiaries: 24X Bermuda Limited, which allows seamless and cost-effective exchange of currency exposures; and 24X National Exchange LLC, the first national securities exchange approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to operate 23 hours each weekday. 24 Exchange lowers the cost of exchanging assets in the global markets while delivering creative and unique workflows catered to each asset class. 24X National Exchange will enable retail and institutional customers around the world to trade in U.S. equities via broker-dealers who are approved members of the exchange.
Prior to his founding of 24 Exchange in 2019, Dmitri served as founder and CEO of FastMatch, the fastest-growing electronic communication network for spot foreign exchange trading. Over the course of his six-year tenure, he grew FastMatch into a company valued at $160 million at the time of its acquisition by Euronext in 2017. FastMatch was named the best foreign exchange trading platform by Financial News and the best E-FX trading venue by FX Week.
As head of the Crossfinder dark pool at Credit Suisse, Dmitri grew Crossfinder into the largest dark pool in the U.S., double the size of the next largest competitor. He also served as Director of Strategy of Direct Edge and as the Global Head of Buy Side DMA for Lava Trading.
Dmitri served on the board of FICC Markets Standards as it worked to develop industry standards for FICC markets. In 2018, he was invited to serve on the board of the Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee’s working group on Global Code of Conduct. He has served as a member of both the NYSE’s Electronic Trading Advisory Committee and the Securities Traders Association of New York.
Dmitri received an MBA in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.B.A. in Finance from Baruch College. He also has an M.S. degree in Information Technology from New York University.