Powering the future of trade surveillance

Neil is the Executive Chair of TradingHub. As the co-founder and former CEO of TradingHub from 2010 to 2024, Neil played a pivotal role in building the company into a global leader. Neil has 18 years of banking experience from initially trading interest rate derivatives at Chase Manhattan Bank to setting up the exotic interest rate derivatives business at Bear Stearns in London before moving to Merrill Lynch and running the global structured credit derivatives business and then ultimately running the Global Credit Trading department at Dresdner Bank. Neil’s experience extends to designing and implementing trading systems, working with middle and back-office personnel and assisting in the design of the ISDA credit derivatives documentation. Whilst building TradingHub over the last fourteen years, Neil spent five years serving on the Boards and Risk Committees of LCH.

Mike is an experienced executive and technology leader with a diverse career spanning over two decades in financial services, technology, and consulting.  

After graduating with a degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in 2003, Mike joined the London office of Merrill Lynch. At Merrill, Mike spent his early years in the trading technology space, designing and building systems for the burgeoning credit derivatives market. In 2004, he transitioned to the front office, where he traded credit derivatives, initially at Merrill Lynch and later at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank. At Commerzbank, he led the exotic credit derivatives desk, gaining extensive experience in both trading and risk management. 

In 2010, Mike pivoted from banking to entrepreneurship, founding a consultancy that advised on what was, at the time, the largest credit derivatives unwind in the city. This role further deepened his expertise in financial markets and strategic advisory. 

From 2012 to 2024, Mike served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at TradingHub, where he was responsible for overseeing the company’s engineering platform, analytics, and product delivery. His work helped position TradingHub as a leader in the trade surveillance and analytics space.
 

In 2024, Mike was appointed CEO of TradingHub, where he now leads the company’s overall strategy, driving innovation and spearheading its mission to advance the future of trade surveillance and analytics. 

Stephen Bergin is the Chief Financial Officer at TradingHub, where he leads the company’s global Finance function. 

Prior to TradingHub, Stephen held senior finance leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and LSEG, where he was responsible for international commercial finance operations with a strong focus on growth investment. He began his career at Wolters Kluwer, gaining experience across London, Chester, and Auckland. 

Stephen holds a degree in Accounting and Computing from Leeds University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA). 

Shayne Ganeson is Chief Customer Officer at TradingHub, where he is responsible for the firm’s global customer base and has oversight of its Regulatory Affairs and Marketing departments. As a member of the Management Committee, he plays a key role in shaping the company’s overall strategy and external engagement. 

Shayne joined TradingHub in 2020, initially spearheading the growth of its North American business. Before this, he held positions at global investment banks in London, including Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, advising institutional clients on cross-asset trading strategies with a focus on fixed income markets.
  

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Finance and Investment Banking from the University of Reading and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Oliver brings over two decades of experience in financial IT.  Since joining TradingHub in 2013 as one of the first employees, he has led the development and scaling of the company’s technology stack, focusing on AWS and infrastructure architecture. 

Prior to TradingHub, Oliver held a position at Barclays Investment Management starting in 2011. Before that, he played a key role supporting multiple fixed-income trading desks at Credit Suisse during the financial crisis, having joined the firm in 2007. His career began at Merrill Lynch in 2004, where he worked in the equities IT team before transitioning to the structured credit trading desk. 

Oliver holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Bristol. 

Elaine Thomas is the Chief Administrative Officer at TradingHub, where she leads Human Resources, Corporate Infrastructure, Office and Business Management, and Sustainability. As a strategic partner to the executive team, Elaine drives administrative excellence through resource optimisation, policy development, and cross-functional leadership—ensuring TradingHub’s operations align with long-term business goals and regulatory standards.

Prior to joining TradingHub, Elaine served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Santander UK.  She has extensive global HR experience, having held senior roles at Refinitiv, Thomson Reuters, and Merrill Lynch in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York.

Elaine holds a degree in Commerce and German from the University of Birmingham.

Tobi is TradingHub's Chief Product Officer, responsible for our offering's vision and strategy.

Prior to joining in January 2022, he spent his career at Dresdner and then Commerzbank.

Having started out with a German banking apprenticeship, whilst studying International Management at the same time, Tobi worked in Structured Settlements and the Structured Credit Middle Office, before joining the Structured Credit Trading desk in 2010. There he was part of a team responsible for various portfolios and trading activities, including the hedging of the bank's correlation book and building up an ABS/CLO investment book.

At the end of 2016, Tobi moved across to the Risk department, where he led a global team, ultimately as Head of Market Risk for Credit and Equity Products, until joining TradingHub. 

Nick Johnson has been with TradingHub for eight years. He leads the Analytics & Data division and is responsible for the company’s market and client data ingestion processes, financial metrics, and pricing services. 

 Before joining TradingHub, Nick held several roles at Goldman Sachs, specialising in automated trading and hedging strategies within the Equity Flow Volatility division.  Earlier in his career, he worked across various industries - including audio research, gaming, and mobile telecommunications - before transitioning into finance in 2005. 

Nick holds a Computer Science and Cybernetics degree from the University of Reading.