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Clear Street Uk Appoints Alex Lawton As Chief Executive Officer

PRIVATEMay 07, 2026•about 1 month ago

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

Clear Street

Alex Lawton
New YorkFinancial Services

Description

Clear Street UK has appointed Alex Lawton as CEO, following approval by the Financial Conduct Authority. Lawton brings over 30 years of experience in financial markets and infrastructure and will focus on sustainable growth and client relationships.

Company Information

Company

Clear Street

Location

New York, New York, United States

About

Launched in 2018 by industry veterans, Clear Street is a financial technology company building better infrastructure for capital markets. Clear Street's first product is its cloud-based prime brokerage platform, which provides clients everything they need to trade U.S. equities and options. Future products will expand across geographies, asset classes, and be available to all market participants, including fintechs, market makers, and professional traders. Clear Street's cloud-native infrastructure is flexible, scalable, secure, and reliable. Clear Street clients are able to trade sooner and smarter - processing more than $3 billion in trades every day. For more information visit https://clearstreet.io/.

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