Experience

ClearToken
• United Kingdom
• Capital Markets
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chair

  • Apr 2023 - Present

Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB)
• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Non Executive Director - Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

  • Jul 2020 - Present

Iress
• Australia
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee
• Non Executive Director and Member of the People and Performance Committee

  • Feb 2015 - Present


Market Structure Partners

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Aug 2008 - Present

  Niki is founder and Managing Director of Market Structure Partners, "MSP" which is independent strategic consultancy firm specialising in capital markets structure. In her role at MSP, Niki leads a team of market structure specialists working on projects with some of the world’s leading trading venues and clearing houses, global and regional investment banks, high frequency trading firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers and government bodies. Niki is founder and Managing Director of Market Structure Partners, "MSP" which is independent strategic consultancy firm specialising in capital markets structure. In her role at MSP, Niki leads a team of market structure specialists working on projects with some of the world’s leading trading venues and clearing houses, global and regional investment banks, high frequency trading firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers and government bodies.


Kepler Cheuvreux UK
• Non Executive Director

  • Jul 2011 - Feb 2023

XTX Markets
• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Chairman, Member of the Audit Committee

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2022


Aquis Exchange PLC

• Chairman, Member of the Remuneration Committee

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2021

  Chair of Aquis Exchange from start up through to IPO and beyond. Chaired the Audit and Risk Committee at inception until the Board matured. Member of Remuneration and Nomination Committee pre and post IPO. Chair of Aquis Exchange from start up through to IPO and beyond. Chaired the Audit and Risk Committee at inception until the Board matured. Member of Remuneration and Nomination Committee pre and post IPO.



European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

• France
• Public Policy
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Member of the Secondary Markets Advisory Committee

  • 2008 - 2020

  A Member of the Secondary Markets Advisory Committee which started out as CESR (the joint working party of regulators prior to the establishment of ESMA). A Member of the Secondary Markets Advisory Committee which started out as CESR (the joint working party of regulators prior to the establishment of ESMA).



Borsa İstanbul

• Non Executive Director, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2019

  I was the EBRD's Nominee Director following its investment in Borsa. I helped evolve the corporate governance structure. The Corporate Governance Commitee also acted as the Remuneration Committee. I was the EBRD's Nominee Director following its investment in Borsa. I helped evolve the corporate governance structure. The Corporate Governance Commitee also acted as the Remuneration Committee.


Financial Conduct Authority
• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Committee Member - Regulatory Decisions Committee

  • 2012 - 2019


MOEX Moscow Exchange

• Non Executive Director, Chair of the Strategy Committee and Member of the Audit Committee

  • May 2012 - Apr 2016

  I was the EBRD's Nominee Director post their investment in the exchange. I helped prepare the exchange for its successful IPO and went on to Chair the Strategy Committee. I was the EBRD's Nominee Director post their investment in the exchange. I helped prepare the exchange for its successful IPO and went on to Chair the Strategy Committee.



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director

  • 1994 - 2008

  After joining Merrill Lynch in 1993, Niki initially worked in Finance and then in Equities as a business development manager setting up new trading products and execution management technology in Europe and the emerging markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2001 Niki took on the role of running Merrill Lynch’s first electronic trading desk and client facing technology platform which managed the electronic order management interface with retail and institutional clients, as a prelude to her role as Head of Market Structure and as a member of the European Equity Management team up until 2008. In her role as Head of Market Structure, Niki was responsible for Merrill Lynch’s relationships and developments with the stock exchanges, multi lateral trading facilities (MTF’s) and clearing houses, all related cost management as well as advising the firm and their clients on the changes in equity and derivatives market structure. She was also responsible for identifying and implementing Merrill’s strategic investments in market structure and technology related companies. During her time at Merrill Lynch, Niki was instrumental in creating competition and change in the European trading environment; spearheading the development of the trade reporting system BOAT, the Trade Ideas system and acting as a key founder of Virt-x and Turquoise, as well as working closely with the UK and European regulators on the evolution of MiFID. Show less