Market data and charting company NetDania has announced that Rasmus Bagger-Petersen has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the company, and will be a member of the Danish fintech firm’s management team.
Rasmus Bagger-Petersen joins NetDania from an institutional global sales role at Saxo Bank, with extensive experience in both B2B and B2C product and solution development. During his ten year career in the banking sector in Denmark, Rasmus Bagger-Petersen has focused on product development for a range of market segments, including corporate clients, hedge funds and UCITS funds.
In this newly created role for NetDania, a United Fintech portfolio company, Rasmus Bagger-Petersen will drive NetDania’s growth strategy and product development plans from a commercial perspective.
NetDania, a market analysis and information platform, has a global client base of banks, brokers and hedge funds including some of the world’s largest financial institutions. The organization provides market data, APIs, market terminals, and charting components on both desktop and mobile.
Thomas Elster, Co-Founder and CEO at NetDania commented,
“We are super excited that Rasmus has joined NetDania. His experience over the last decade, particularly from working within a large institution, will be hugely valuable to us. This is a significant hire for us and Rasmus will play a key role in helping us to capitalize on our ambitious growth plans.”
Rasmus Bagger-Petersen, new NetDania CCO added,
“This is a great opportunity for me to join a fast growing company which has a fantastic team and great products and services for both the B2B and B2C markets. I am looking forward to working with Thomas, the NetDania team and the team at United Fintech. I truly believe NetDania can become the preferred provider for banks, brokers and fintechs looking to develop features and products which can create more value for themselves and their clients.”
Founded in 1998, NetDania pioneered streaming price technology. With a strong position within corporate FX and trading, its products are increasingly used by Tier 1 banks, brokers, currency managers and analysts as alternatives to expensive legacy systems for trading, news and analysis. United Fintech acquired a majority stake in NetDania in November 2020.
United Fintech, founded by Christian Frahm, acquires and scales innovative fintechs in capital markets, creating a go-to fintech platform that financial institutions can benefit from to accelerate their transition to a digital world.