Liquidnet, a technology-driven agency execution specialist, has appointed Eric Blake as Head of Latin America with responsibility for expanding the business in the region by identifying new sources of actionable liquidity for both local and international asset managers.

Based in New York, Blake reports directly to Alan Polo, Head of Equities Sales and Trading, Americas.

Blake has over 25 years of experience across both domestic and international capital markets, most recently as Head of Electronic Trading at BTG Pactual, a local Brazilian investment bank, where he was responsible for the strategic deployment of the bank's electronic execution products and the creation of the first electronic block trading facility in Brazil uniting both local Brazilian and foreign institutional clients for systematic trading.

Prior to BTG, he spent 12 years at Investment Technology Group (ITG) as Managing Director holding various leadership positions, including Global Portfolio Trading and the firms' expansion into Latin America.