Former global marketing chief for Microsoft Corporation joins
dynamic group advising OANDA in the next
phase of its growth as a leading forex innovator
SINGAPORE, Jan. 17, 2013
/PRNewswire/—OANDA, a global provider of
innovative
foreign exchange trading( http://www.oanda.sg ) services, is
pleased to announce the appointment of a new member, Mich Mathews,
to its Board of Directors. A 22-year veteran
of Microsoft Corporation, Ms. Mathews helped build the company’s
brands and evolve its global marketing capacity before retiring
from her position last year.
“We are delighted to welcome Mich Mathews to OANDA’s Board of Directors. Her outstanding professional
achievements and industry knowledge will serve our company well,”
said Kittu Kolluri, Chairman of the OANDA
Board of Directors. “Throughout her career, Mich has repeatedly
demonstrated a commitment to results-oriented excellence and
innovative thinking. Her insight will help OANDA continue on its journey to be the most trusted
partner in retail forex trading.”
Ms. Mathews is the former Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft
Corporation. She led global marketing across the company’s products
and services. She was instrumental in driving business growth while
establishing Microsoft as one of the world’s most admired global
brands.
With her appointment to the OANDA board,
Ms. Mathews joins a dynamic team led by Mr. Kolluri (Chairman) who
is a General Partner at NEA, a leading
venture capital firm that supports innovative entrepreneurship in
technology markets. Other OANDA board members
are Danny Rimer, a partner at venture capital firm Index Ventures
and an investor in Internet infrastructure software and services
companies; Renato Fassbind, an independent senior advisor and board
member of several prestigious financial companies, including
Vice-Chairman of Swiss Re Holding AG; and Michael Stumm, co-founder
of OANDA and a computer engineering professor
at the University of Toronto.
“I’m excited to join the OANDA team, and
help build them into the global leader of retail foreign exchange,”
Ms. Mathews said. “The OANDA brand has a
stellar reputation among traders and partners; I look forward to
supporting its continued growth as a member of the board.”
Note to Editors:
About OANDA
OANDA Corporation has transformed the
business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to
forex trading. The company’s leading online trading platform,
fxTrade( http://www.oanda.sg ), introduced a
number of firsts to the marketplace, including immediate execution;
instant settlement on trades; trades of any size between one unit
and 10 million units; and interest calculated by the second. The
company’s many awards attest to the power and flexibility of its
trading platform. In 2012, OANDA was named
“Best Forex Provider” by the Financial Times and by Investors
Chronicle; “Best FX Broker” by Forex Magnates; and was recognized
by Investment Trends Singapore as providing “Best Value for Money”
and “Highest Overall Client Satisfaction”.
OANDA was the first online provider of
comprehensive currency exchange information( http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter
), and today the company’s OANDA Rate® data
are the benchmark rates for corporations, auditing firms, and
global banks.
OANDA has six offices worldwide, in
Chicago, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zurich.
OANDA is fully regulated by the U.S.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. National
Futures Association (NFA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore
(MAS), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
(IIROC), the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), and the
Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).
Contacts:
Cognito for OANDA Corporation
Anika Sethi
Direct: +65 6818 9025
OANDAPR@cognitomedia.com( mailto:[email protected] )
www.cognitomedia.com
SOURCE﹛OANDA Corporation