Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 21, 2003
MATTHEW FOSH joined the SVB Group as its Chief Executive in November
2002. Between 1989 and March 2000 he was Chief Executive of Seagray Fosh
Futures Limited equity and interest rate derivatives on Exchanges. He
co-founded the business in 1989 and over the next five years it grew to
become the largest broker on LIFFE by volume of both equity and interest
rate options. In 1994 SFFL successfully negotiated a joint venture
partnership with Chase Manhattan to develop the Bank's Futures and
Options sales and execution business in Europe. In 1997 SFFL bought out
Chase's interest in the partnership and over the next 3 years Matthew
Fosh managed the migration of the whole business from 'open-outcry'
trading to a fully electronic platform. In 2000, the enlarged SFFL was
bought by Garban Intercapital, part of ICAP plc and Matthew Fosh
completed a two year contract to oversee the transition. Before founding
SFFL, Fosh was a portfolio manager with Strauss Turnbull, Gartmore and
Sheppards. Profile
Mr. Fosh: SVB was established in London in the mid 1980s,
