BroadridgeFinancial Solutions has hired Munish Gautam from JPMorgan Chase to run itsglobal trading platforms business, as the financial technology companycontinues building its front-office capabilities for capital markets clients.JPMorgan Trading Tech VeteranJumps to BroadridgeGautam willtake on the role of Global Head of Trading Platforms - Product Managementwithin Broadridge's Trading & Connectivity Solutions division. He'll workout of London and report to Brian Pomraning, the unit's Chief Product Officer.The hirecomes as Broadridgelooks to expand its trading technology offerings beyond its traditionalback-office services. Gautam spent over 15 years at JPMorgan, where he mostrecently served as executive director and led the bank's cash equities productteam for global trading platforms."Munishhas a proven track record developing and managing comprehensive tradingsolutions at a global scale, and we are delighted to welcome him to theteam," Pomraning said in a statement. "His extensive experience inbuilding high-performance trading systems coupled with a deep understanding ofglobal market structure and regulatory environments will be instrumental as wecontinue to evolve our solutions".Related: BroadridgeDeploys Autonomous AI Agents to Tackle Settlement EfficiencyProfessional ExperienceDuring histime at the Wall Street giant, Gautam oversaw major technology overhauls thattouched everything from client onboarding to trade execution and regulatorycompliance. His LinkedIn profile shows he worked on expanding JPMorgan'strading capabilities into emerging markets including South Africa, SaudiArabia, and Turkey.Gautam'sbackground includes earlier stints at Credit Suisse and consulting firmCognizant. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangaloreand is a CFA charterholder.Theexecutive said he sees an opportunity to help Broadridge's clients navigateincreasingly complex trading environments. "Clients today need tradingplatforms that not only deliver low-latency cross-channel execution andadaptability but also respond to ongoing regulatory and structuralchanges," Gautam said.Broadridge Hunts for TopTalentBroadridgehas been on a hiring spree for its trading business, bringing on severalexecutives including Ken MacHarg, Anand Chintala, Ian Williams, Yewande Sobolaand Tom Gallo in recent months. The company is trying to position itself as abigger player in front-office trading technology, an area dominated by vendorslike Bloomberg and Refinitiv.FinanceMagnates also reported in the meantime that the company appointedLarry Conover as VP and Special Advisor for Proxy & Corporate Actions.He brings nearly three decades of experience from Fidelity Investments and BNYPershing.This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.