Clear Street a cloud-native financial technology firm focused on the brokerage ecosystem, has made five key leadership hires – including Tarquin Orchard as Global Head of Event-Driven Strategies – as part of its continued expansion in the UK.

The other hires areL Matthew Cyzer – Head of Markets, Execution; Phillip Hylander – Managing Director, Execution; Stuart Holt - Managing Director, Client Distribution and Strategy, Equities; and Luke Holmes - Managing Director, Sales Trading.

Clear Street's UK team has now grown to more than 40 professionals, actively hiring across business areas including equities execution, equity finance and product and systems engineering.

The appointments follow Clear Street’s recent UK launch and FCA approval, as well as recently launched Category 1 membership with the London Metal Exchange (LME).