Katina Messinis Joins GCEX in Dubai as UAE Sales Director

GC Exchange FZE (GCEX), part of the GCEX Group, has appointed Katina Messinis as Sales Director for the UAE region.

Messinis joins GCEX from Exinity, Dubai, where she served as VP of Global Sales, covering MENA, Africa, SEA, and LATAM. Prior to that, she held the position of Head of Premier Account Management at Exness in Malaysia, leading the sales team for Ultra High Net Worth clients and strategic partners across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Her previous roles also include Acting Head of Institutional Sales at ZuluTrade and Head of Business Development, Asia at PwC Legal International in Singapore.

Based at GCEX's office in Dubai, Messinis will focus on growing the firm's client base of brokers, hedge funds, family offices, and professional traders, offering clients across the region access to deep liquidity in digital assets and a range of proprietary technology solutions, including XplorDigital, part of GCEX's XplorTrader product suite.

Mehtap Önder, Managing Director, GCEX Dubai

Mehtap Önder, Managing Director, GCEX Dubai, commented: "Katina joins GCEX at an exciting time for our business, having recently been granted an Operational Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). We are delighted to welcome her to our team."

"Katina has a wealth of experience in driving organisational growth and has a proven track record of exceeding targets and cultivating strong relationships. With interest in digital assets at an all-time high, she is ideally placed to help us grow our institutional client base and achieve our ambitious growth plans in the region."

Katina Messinis, UAE Sales Director, GCEX Dubai, commented on her new role: "GCEX is the leading digital prime brokerage in the industry. With a best-in-class platform, flexible offering and ongoing commitment to growth and development, it is a company that continuously upholds their core values in their day-to-day workplace culture. This is extremely important to me, and a key reason in my decision to come onboard. I am very excited to be part of the GCEX family."

GCEX, which opened its Dubai office in July 2022, facilitates institutional access to digital assets through its XplorDigital platform, which includes a white-label solution, back office, risk management, credit utilisation, analytics, reporting, account management, and a liquidity price engine providing access to tier 1 and deep liquidity. GCEX has partnered with regulated institutional digital custodians and staking providers and always segregates client funds.

GCEX Group offers a range of Forex brokerage solutions to institutional clients, including fiat/crypto conversion, deep liquidity in digital assets, and digital assets as collateral, among other innovative technology solutions.

Headquartered in London, GCEX has offices in Copenhagen, Glasgow, Zug Crypto Valley, Kuala Lumpur, and Dubai. In addition to having been granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider License by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, GCEX is regulated by the UK's FCA and the Danish FSA. True Global Ventures are investors in GCEX.