Traze, a licensedbroker in the United Arab Emirates, has hired Wassim Anastasiou as RegionalDirector for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Anastasiou spentnearly a decade at ICM.com, where he rose through the ranks from clientservices to director-level operations roles.ICM Veteran Joins Traze asMENA Director After Nearly 10 YearsTheexecutive joins Traze after serving as Director of Operations and SeniorExecutive Officer at ICM.comsince January 2024. Anastasiouwrote on LinkedIn that he joined Traze to focus on "growth, innovation,and regional impact." He described the company as having a vision to setstandards in transparency and execution across global markets.“I’m proudto be part of a leadership team bold enough to challenge convention and drivenenough to build something lasting,” he added.Anastasioustarted at ICM.com in June 2016 as a client services executive in London. Hemoved up to assistant operations manager in 2018 before becoming operationsmanager in 2020, a position he held for over five years. During thattime, he managed support and onboarding functions across three regulatoryframeworks and worked on policy development and compliance monitoring.FinanceMagnates.comalso recently reported that Erkin Kamran, former CEO of Traze, hasstepped down from his role and is now working on anew startup that aims to offer currency, commodity, and crypto trading on adecentralized platform.Management Scope CoveredThree JurisdictionsHisresponsibilities at ICM.com included implementing customer due diligencestandards and serving as the primary contact for know-your-customer andanti-money laundering procedures. He participated in client assets and riskcommittee meetings while working with IT teams and third-party vendors onproduct launches and system migrations.Beforeentering the brokerage industry, Anastasiou ran a wholesale and retaildistribution business in Damascus, Syria from 2012 to 2016. That companydistributed products from international manufacturers including Unilever acrossDamascus and surrounding areas. He also held sales management positions at ArabOrient Insurance Company and Syrian Telecom Service.Traze operates under aCategory 1 license in the UAE, which permits dealing in investments asprincipal and agent. In the first part of 2025, ICM.comalso obtained its second license in the region, just over a year after itsdecision to exit the UK market.This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.