ABOUT US
Our Team
The Skilling Group is made up of a multinational team of over 70 people from all over the world. Developers, marketers and specialists all work together from our offices located in Cyprus (CIF), Malta and Spain.
Jon Squires
Group Chairman
Jon Squires
Group Chairman
Squires joined Skilling as Executive Chairman after a long career in hyper-growth or turn-around companies.
Most recently, he was Group CEO at Capital.com and Currency.com, and under his tenure, the group's revenues grew by over 40X.
Fiona Soler
Global Operations Director
Fiona Soler
Global Operations Director
Experienced Chief Financial Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Portfolio Management, Corporate Finance, and Foreign Exchange (FX) Options. Handled roles of Operations (PO) Payment Specialist heading the Payments Team and HR during her working years.
Exposed to financial service international businesses; licensing process in financial services in the EU and offshore, and start-up business challanges. Held roles of Non Executive and currently Executive Director.
George Kyriakoudes
CFO
George Kyriakoudes
CFO
Joining Skilling as the Group CFO, George Kyriakoudes brings a dynamic blend of problem-solving skills and a results-driven approach to the team. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in West London, George has been immersed in the online brokerage and forex industry since 2011.
His journey is marked by significant contributions to a team that transformed a startup into a powerhouse with over $200m in annual revenues through pivotal roles in Internal Audit, Risk Management and Business Reporting/Intelligence. More recently George has skillfully orchestrated the overhaul of the finance function of an established forex broker.
Nikolay Nikolaev
CTO
Nikolay Nikolaev
CTO
Nikolay is a fintech innovator with a 20-year track record, known for advancing trading tech and spurring innovation in the capital markets. His strategic vision significantly ups company performance and profitability. He’s adept at guiding international teams and managing hefty budgets.
Nikolay excels at shaping vibrant work cultures, driving growth, and overseeing global expansion. He's also a champ in IT governance, risk management, and cybersecurity, with a keen passion for quantitative investment, building elite teams, and creating cutting-edge tech solutions.
Lennart F Clausen
Co-founder and Head of Trading
Lennart F Clausen
Co-founder and Head of Trading
Lennart F. Clausen has worked in the Forex and CFD industry for more than 20-years, and has vast experience in investment management, trading and analysis.
Lennart is known for his diversified skills within the broader CFD industry.
Christos Yerasimou
Trading Director
Christos Yerasimou
Trading Director
Christos Yerasimou has more than 10 years of experience in the industry, specializing in trading with a proven track record of maximizing profits and managing risk.
Adept at analyzing market trends and implementing effective strategies, he continues to be a driving force in the ever-changing landscape of finance.
Andreas Leonidou
Head of Brand & Design
Andreas Leonidou
Head of Brand & Design
Andreas Leonidou holds a prominent role as the leader of the design and brand team, where he spearheads the development and implementation of high-impact design and branding strategies.
Through his visionary approach, Andreas strives to create a strong and distinguishable brand presence, cementing the company's reputation in the industry.
Giancarlo Lionti
Head of Performance Marketing & Growth
Giancarlo Lionti
Head of Performance Marketing & Growth
Giancarlo Lionti leads the acquisition marketing activities at Skilling after +10 years of experience in Performance Marketing, Affiliate Marketing & Business Development.
Before joining Skilling, Giancarlo was running digital marketing activities for 50+ Fintech Institutions, CFD Brokers & Crypto Exchanges across several sources & platforms.
Leticia Luengo
Head of CRM
Leticia Luengo
Head of CRM
Leticia Luengo Ortega joined Skilling as the Global Head of CRM, with 13+ years of experience in marketing, sales and product management across various industries in international markets.
With a keen eye for detail, problem-solving abilities, and strong project management skills, she is a digital specialist with expertise in CRM, Loyalty, and Customer Experience areas.
Valeria Kaya
Head of Campaigns
Valeria Kaya
Head of Campaigns
Valeria Kaya is Skilling’s Head of Campaigns, coming from Capital.com and Currency.com, where she drove significant growth and customer retention.
She launched, scaled, and optimized promo campaigns, generating a significant number of FTDs internationally. Led cross-functional collaboration for campaign success and KPI achievement and very determined to bring even better results to Skilling.
Greg Zapisocki
Head of Organic
Greg Zapisocki
Head of Organic
Greg is an accomplished international organic search expert specializing in building strong, communicative teams and scaling organizations for growth.
He joins Skilling with +15 years experience in the digital marketing sector having worked with some of the largest iGaming, FinTech and crytpocurrency businesses in the world such as The Stars Group, Flutter Entertainment and Capital.com and Currency.com.
Nikolay Nikolaev
CTO
Nikolay Nikolaev
CTO
Nikolay is a fintech innovator with a 20-year track record, known for advancing trading tech and spurring innovation in the capital markets. His strategic vision significantly ups company performance and profitability. He’s adept at guiding international teams and managing hefty budgets.
Nikolay excels at shaping vibrant work cultures, driving growth, and overseeing global expansion. He's also a champ in IT governance, risk management, and cybersecurity, with a keen passion for quantitative investment, building elite teams, and creating cutting-edge tech solutions.
Adrian García
Head of Front End
Adrian García
Head of Front End
Technology and sports enthusiast, Adrian García joined Skilling on its early stage back in 2018 before its first launch.
His experience on web technologies and architecture, performance optimisation and product development from scratch has led Skilling to build, shape and boost all the multi-channel platforms in the company.
Jinal Shah
Head of DevOps
Jinal Shah
Head of DevOps
Jinal Shah, a conscientious problem solver with a watchful eye, has drawn on his decades of experience in platform architecture and engineering to keep the Skilling experience secure, reliable and up to the rigorous demands of its high value client base.
Kristiyan Vasilev
QA Lead
Kristiyan Vasilev
QA Lead
Kristiyan Vasilev is an exceptional QA automation engineer with more than 8 years of experience, specializing in casino brands, online sports betting, and trading platforms.
His expertise in automating quality assurance processes ensures seamless and reliable operations for various digital financial systems. Highly regarded for his dedication, technical acumen, and commitment to excellence.
Iulian Chiran
Data & Analytics Lead
Iulian Chiran
Data & Analytics Lead
With over a decade of expertise, Iulian is a data expert with extensive experience in data strategy and analytics across diverse industries, including gambling, telecommunications, and financial services.
Iulian excels in delivering modern BI solutions, impactful insights, and predictive models. His skill set encompasses SQL mastery, Python proficiency, BI visualization, and data pipeline architecture, enabling him to transform complex requirements into streamlined solutions
Katerina Kermezi
Head of Back Office
Katerina Kermezi
Head of Back Office
Katerina Kermezi, joins as Head of Backoffice with over 10 years of experience in the Binary and Forex Industry, in Support and Back Office roles.
She is leading our Back Office team, with extensive experience in administrative support, providing excellent customer service and streamlining processes for maximum efficiency.
Kyriacos Avraamides
Head of Customer Support
Kyriacos Avraamides
Head of Customer Support
Kyriacos joined Skilling as the Head of Customer Support, bringing with him a solid academic foundation in Law and HR Management.
With nearly a decade of experience spanning various facets of Customer Support, from agent roles to management positions, he introduces innovative ideas for industry implementation.
Moreover, his personal and professional involvement in the cryptocurrency sector, coupled with his trading experience, constitutes a significant asset in supporting the company's growth and evolution.
Christelle Debattista
Finance Manager
Christelle Debattista
Finance Manager
Christelle Debattista is an experienced Finance manager with 15 years experience having the knowledge and expertise in various industries.
Mainly in the Financial Services industry, Corporate Services Providers dealing with local and foreign companies from incorporation to liquidation, Human Resources and the Shipping Industry.
Amanda Camenzuli
Finance Director
Amanda Camenzuli
Finance Director
Amanda Camenzuli is the Finance Director at Skilling and was key in setting up the finance department from its inception. A qualified accountant with over 17 years’ experience in financial services.
Formed part of the asset management & gaming teams of a Big 4 firm, managing a wide range of licensed entities in Malta and New York. She specialises in technical accounting, etc.
Andreas Xenofontos
Head of Payments
Andreas Xenofontos
Head of Payments
Andreas Xenofontos, our Head of Payments, brings extensive experience from leading Fintech and Investment firms worldwide. His expertise in banking and payments systems streamlines processes, optimizing financial operations.
Passionate about Fintech, Andreas aims to democratize the industry, fostering strong partnerships to ensure our success worldwide.
Kenneth Schaumberg
Head of Sales
Kenneth Schaumberg
Head of Sales
Kenneth Schaumberg is an accomplished International Head of Sales with over 8 years of experience in the finance industry.
Having joined Skilling in 2019, he brings a wealth of professional expertise and cultural insights to the team, gained through his work with regulated financial institutions across Asia, Europe, and the UK.
Andriana Arianoglou
Head of Spain
Andriana Arianoglou
Head of Spain
Andriana Arianoglou is a successful Multilingual Senior Accounts Manager with over 6 years of experience within the Finance industry, as an important member of Established City Brokers and Liquidity providers.
She is currently responsible for a vast and diverse portfolio of Clients and she is contributing to the business growth by developing strategic regional partnerships.
Hellen Georgalides
Head of Compliance
Hellen Georgalides
Head of Compliance
Hellen Georgalides, Head of Compliance, has a strong legal academic background and decade of experience in fiduciary and finance.
With expertise in adherence to regulatory requirements and fostering integrity, she navigates complex compliance landscapes with a commitment to ethical standards.
Pantelina Christodoulou
Senior Legal Officer
Pantelina Christodoulou
Senior Legal Officer
Pantelina is a lawyer with extensive experience in the legal and compliance sector.
In her senior lawyer role, Pantelina brings valuable insights garnered from navigating the complexities of regulatory compliance in the financial sector and her strong academic foundation, ensuring that Skilling remains at the forefront of the evolving regulatory landscape.
ABOUT US
Why Skilling?
We’re a fintech trading company founded in 2016 by Scandinavian entrepreneurs, with a track record of success. With a rapidly growing international presence, and offices in Cyprus, Malta and Spain, we provide access to over 1,000 of the world’s top financial markets.
Skilling enables you to trade CFD instruments across the most renowned asset classes across multiple award-winning platforms, including its own advanced proprietary platform.
Its competitive pricing, reliability and quick execution, as well as our client-centric focus, are the reasons why more and more traders are switching to Skilling.
As we continue to expand and surpass our goals, Skilling’s vision remains simple: to make investment and trading engaging and accessible to everyone, in a transparent and secure way.
Our vision
Skilling’s vision is simple: to unlock the potential of the world’s markets.
We believe that trading is for everyone, and anyone with an interest in financial markets should have the opportunity
to trade to their full potential.
We want to make trading easily accessible to all in a transparent
and trusted environment.
Our mission
We’ve been on a mission to create our own unique trading platform, designed to cater to traders of all levels. Our proprietary platform Skilling Trader now connects everyone to the world’s financial markets, and we continue to expand our horizons as we follow trading trends.
As we continuously search for new ways to push the boundaries of technology, we work tirelessly on offering our clients more trading options and better trading conditions. We thrive by truly understanding our customers’ needs, with a long-term mission to develop the best products and services within the fintech industry.
Safe in our hands
Skilling is a regulated broker with strict measures in place to adhere to full transparency. Our headquarters are in Cyprus, in Europe: Skilling Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) under CIF licence No. 357/18. Skilling (Seychelles) Ltd, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under licence No. SD042. To find out more about how we ensure your funds remain secure, visit Security of Funds.
Security of funds
Join Skilling
We’re always on the look-out for the best talent, so if you’re interested in joining our team and think you have what it takes to work at Skilling, send your resume to [email protected].
You can also take a look at our current open positions by visiting our Careers page.
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We take pride on what we have achieved, it keeps us motivated.
