Philippe Ghanem

Philippe Ghanem, a Swiss national, is a ‘C’ suite executive who is seen as an innovator and visionary in global financial markets. As an investor and expert in trading and FinTech, he has developed a reputation for building financial services companies based on his insight and understanding of trading systems.

Philippe Ghanem has gained well-defined people management skills throughout his 15 years of senior leadership and high-level management roles, with responsibility for over 300 employees across multiple international regulatory environments. He has a track record of building and maintaining the performance of teams to achieve financial and commercial goals. He has developed and launched several retail and institutional trading firms, including the Abu Dhabi-based ADSS Group, where he was CEO and vice-chairman. In June 2019, he expressed his desire to leave the firm and pursue the development of a new entrepreneurial project, the FinTech firm he founded back in 2005. Since then, Philippe Ghanem has been the Executive Chairman of SquaredFinancial.

In 2020, Philippe Ghanem returns to SquaredFinancial to take the company through the next stage of its development. In 2021, SquaredFinancial reports a 266% growth in its volumes, along with a 200% increase in gross profits. The massive surge in volumes and profits have resulted from a spike in the client base of the company that saw a growth of 220%.

Philippe Ghanem was a featured speaker at the Forbes Global CEO Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September 2011, and at London's Abu Dhabi Investment Forum in October 2012. He is a regular contributor to international business media, including featuring as a guest host on CNBC Europe's Squawk Box program. He was profiled by The Banker Middle East, an international financial news magazine, in November 2016.

He is known for his expertise in managing the development of low latency multi-asset trading platforms, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to increase returns, and implementing blockchain technology as a way of developing new trading models. He is also known for the introduction of blockchain trading systems and cryptocurrency into the GCC region. His approach has been covered on CNBC.