GCEX Boosts UAE Operations With New Sales Director

GC Exchange FZE (GCEX), an online prime brokerage and branch of the GCEX Group, has revealed the that it has appointed Katina Messinis as its latest Sales Director for the United Arab Emirates. Messinis brings a lot of experience in propelling organizational development and nurturing strong bonds with customers across Latin America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Messinis Will Focus On Expanding GCEX’s Customer Base

In her new position, Messinis will be stationed at GCEX’s Dubai branch and will concentrate on growing the company’s customer base, which comprises professional traders, family offices, hedge funds, and brokers. She will grant customers access to abundant liquidity in digital tokens and an array of exclusive technology offerings, including XplorDigital, an element of GCEX’s XplorTrader product portfolio.

The Managing Director of GCEX Dubai, Mehtap Önder, stated that Katina joined GCEX during an exciting phase for the business. It comes after the recent acquisition of an operating Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) certification from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).

This indicates another significant growth for GCEX in the past few months. In February, the cryptocurrency broker employed a previous FCA staff member as its Compliance Chief to aid expansion.

Messinis joined the company from Exinity, Dubai where she held the position of Vice President of Global Sales, supervising operations in LATAM, SEA, Africa, and MENA.

Previously, she served as the Head of Premier Account Management at Exness in Malaysia, overseeing the sales team for wealthy customers and strategic associates across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

GCEX Launched Various Platforms For Forex Margin Trading

In addition, her career comprises roles like the Head of Business Development of Asia at PwC Legal International in Singapore and the Acting Head of Institutional Sales at ZuluTrade.

Messinis said that GCEX is the top online prime brokerage in the sector. She added that this is very important to her and the main reason she decided to join the company. She expressed excitement to be among the GCEX family.

GCEX, which established its Dubai branch in July 2022, enables institutional entry to digital assets through its XplorDigital platform.

In early 2024, the firm launched two specialized trading platforms for digital assets, along with Platforms for forex margin trading and CFD trading

Back in November last year, Önder stated that VARA is paving the way in the Worldwide digital asset sector. He added that the company is very proud to be among the leading firms to be granted a VASP Operating license to deliver Virtual Asset Broker-Dealer services.

He further noted that GCEX is the first company to Obtain authorization to manage a client money account.