DIGITEC,
the Hamburg-based FX Swaps and NDF pricing technology company, has appointed
Jessica Roberts as Head of Revenue Operations and Enablement, the firm
announced today (Tuesday), adding a veteran of CME Group and EBS BrokerTec to
its expanding London presence.
Roberts
joins from CME, where she spent more than seven years across two senior roles,
most recently as Senior Director of Sales Operations and Enablement.
In her new
position, she will oversee revenue strategy and execution, with responsibility
for aligning sales, marketing, and customer success functions across the
business, the company said.
Fifteen Years Across
Institutional FX Markets
Roberts’
career cuts across some of the most established names in institutional FX
infrastructure. She started at EBS BrokerTec in 2011 in emerging markets sales
before rising to lead the platform’s off-SEF NDF desk and its CNH currency
business.
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She later
served as business manager for the COO at NEX Optimisation, the post-trade
services division of NEX Group, before transitioning into CME Group as part of
that company’s absorption of NEX in 2018.
Trading
Technologies later
integrated EBS Market into its platform in 2025, extending retail and
professional access to spot FX, precious metals, and NDFs through the same
infrastructure Roberts once helped run.
Roberts Steps into an
Expanding London Operation
DIGITEC
opened its London office in 2021, when the firm brought in Stephan von
Massenbach as Chief Revenue Officer to lead commercial efforts from what the
company described as the world’s primary FX hub. That hire was followed by Peer Joost’s
elevation to CEO in January 2022, as the firm pushed to deepen its commercial footprint beyond its core
German banking clients.
Joost said
Roberts “brings extensive experience in revenue operations, combined with
knowledge of Emerging Markets FX and NDFs, and many senior industry
relationships.”
Von
Massenbach framed the hire around the firm’s expansion ambitions, saying,
“As the market evolves to a more electronic structure the demand for FX
Swaps and NDF trading technology solutions is increasing. Jessica will play a
key role in creating the structure required to support this market demand and
our ambitious growth plans.”
Electronification
of Swaps Accelerates Across the Industry
The push
toward automated FX Swaps infrastructure has picked up pace across multiple
venues and providers. BGC Group
launched a fully electronic platform for U.S. dollar swaps in late 2025, which the
brokerage said would improve speed and transparency for institutional
participants.
On the NDF
side, LMAX Group
launched NDF trading in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024, citing data showing global NDF
volumes had roughly doubled between 2016 and 2022. The broader shift away from
voice-brokered execution in both product classes sits at the heart of DIGITEC’s
commercial case.
Roberts
echoed that framing in her statement, describing the company as recognized as
“the leader in FX Swaps and NDF technology, adding new bank clients and
growing revenues as these markets evolve,” and saying she was
“excited to be joining the firm during a period of growth and innovation
as new services are launched to capture opportunities from the increasingly
automated FX Swaps workflows.”
A Client Base Weighted
Toward Major Dealers
DIGITEC
claims that more than half of the world’s 50 largest FX trading firms rely on
its technology. Its core products include the D3 Pricing engine, D3 Order
Management System, and the Swaps Data Feed, co-developed with 360T, the FX
subsidiary of Deutsche Börse.
A Precious
Metals Data Feed rounds out the data offering. 24 Exchange
introduced FX Non-Deliverable Swaps for institutional clients in 2025, an
example of the widening competitive field for NDF-related flow, which firms
like DIGITEC say they are positioned to support through pricing and workflow
infrastructure rather than execution itself.
This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.
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