European challenger exchange, Aquis Exchange has promoted Noah Liot to the role of CTO following a standout two years with the company.
Liot joined Aquis in 2023 as managing director of technology development and quickly made his mark, playing a key role in delivering what the firm describes as some of its most impactful technology projects to date.
He has also overseen the implementation of new systems and workflows designed to improve efficiency and build resilience across Aquis’ technology infrastructure.
In his new role as CTO, Liot, who splits his time between Paris and London, will remain part of Aquis’ executive leadership team and will continue to lead the company’s technology arm.
The division supplies low-latency trading infrastructure to both Aquis’ own platforms and external clients.
“Since joining us in 2023, Noah has done an excellent job leading the development teams, both through his significant contribution to all of our large technology projects, and by putting in place systems and workflows to continuously improve and future-proof our market-leading technology offering,” said David Stevens, CEO of Aquis.
“The elevation of Noah to the CTO role signals a step change for our rapidly growing technology division and I am delighted to be announcing Noah’s promotion today.
“I have no doubt he will continue to drive the division forward and deliver for Aquis as a whole.”
Before joining Aquis, Liot held senior tech leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, GLIA Ecosystems and Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk.
He also spent time as a quantitative trader and has managed technology infrastructure processing over $2bn in daily trading volume in house.
The appointment comes just weeks after the company was acquired by SIX, the Swiss-based financial infrastructure provider and operator of the Swiss and Spanish (BME) stock exchanges.
The deal brought together two major players in the European exchange landscape, creating an organisation with a 15 per cent market share and access to 16 capital markets across the continent.
On his appointment, Liot added via LinkedIn: “Thrilled to share that I’m stepping into the CTO role at Aquis Exchange as we officially have joined the SIX Group.
“After two years as managing director of technology development, I’m now getting the opportunity to work across our technology organisation as we embrace this exciting new chapter.
“This feels like perfect timing – bringing our infrastructure and development teams under unified leadership just as we have joined a global financial powerhouse. Together, we are not just maintaining our technology capabilities, we are building new and exciting functionalities and scaling our existing ones.
“Huge thanks to Aquis and SIX leadership for this opportunity during such a transformative time, and to all my colleagues who’ve proven that the best technology comes from the best teams. To our new partners and colleagues at SIX Group: excited to combine our innovations with your global reach.”