Philios Petrides stands as the newly appointed Chief Data Officer for SquaredFinancial. This job will see Petrides oversee the operating model, data strategy, governance, and technology development within the company at large.

A Seasoned Veteran

This isn’t Petrides’ first entry into the company. SquaredFinancial had appointed him as its Global Head of Business Intelligence back in September of last year. In that position, Petrides oversaw an array of information that was related to the performances of the company’s investment services and brokerage business.

With this appointment, Petrides will utilize 15 years’ worth of experience when it comes to the financial data analysis space within his new role. The man was involved with an array of large-scale business intelligence programs, having been doing this for years on end. Within the initial phases of his career, he had worked as both a network administrator and a database developer, moving to the FX industry thereafter.

Working ALl Over The PLace

As for what he was doing before he joined SquaredFinancial, Petrides boasted the position of Head of Data and Business Intelligence at Scope Markets. Scope Markets itself stands as a brokerage for FX and CFDs and is based in Belize.

Petrides also has a short stint at easyMarkets under his belt, where he held an analogous role that saw him collect and otherwise generate relevant data in order to enact general improvements to all aspects of the business.

However, FxPro is where Petrides had spent the majority of his career within the FX industry. He served the company for almost five years, where he was the leader of a cross-functional team dedicated to supporting the use of business intelligence. This stretched everywhere from how the company positions itself in the market to front-line customer satisfaction.

Some History

It should be noted that SquaredFinancial’s name comes after a rebranding event. Prior to 2018, the firm was known by the name of Probus FX. Either way, SquaredFinancial stands as a financial services provider based in Cyprus. It had received its Cypriot license soon after its founding back in 2017.

The rebranding came as a result of the provider pairing up with Squared Financial Services Limited, one of its sister companies. That company is now trading as SquaredPro, with the two of them forming Squared Financial Group.

Another important change was the company’s legal name. It changed from Aspide Financial Limited to Square Financial (CY) Limited.

The company itself has had some big changes, as well. One Husam Al Kurdi had been appointed as its CEO back in April of 2020. He replaced Youssef Barakat, who had been alongside the firm since 2009.