Kantox CEO, in top 3 French players in the City and Wall St

Our CEO, Philippe Gelis, has been named third most relevant French financial leader in London and New York, a huge achievement in Kantox’s fourth year in existence - especially after beating out heads of traditional global finance players.The ranking, compiled by financial recruitment specialists efinancialcareers, combines recent assessments by well-known sector references Financial Times, Bloomberg and Board Studio on a number of factors impacting their influence in the world’s main financial centres. The criteria deciding the rankings include influence in each individual’s specific area of finance, their performance, innovation during the past year and their expected potential for the coming year.Philippe placed third place in the survey with efinancialcareers noting factors like being named the second most indispensable figure in London’s fintech sector by US company Board Studios and for this year’s successful 10 million euro capitalization into Kantox.Our CEO appeared in the survey ahead of luminaries such as the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, Xavier Rolet and HSBC’s head of Investment Banking Samir Assaf.Tidjane Thiam, Credit Suisse’s CEO was ranked top, while just above Kantox’s CEO was Renaud Laplanche, CEO of Lending Club. For more information on the ranking, see the original article in French.