E56. Anvar Karimson

My guest is Anvar Karimson, author and Group CTO and Executive Committee member at Kepler Cheuvreux, one of Europe’s leading independent financial services groups.Anvar has crafted an impressive career, driving technology innovation across global financial markets — assuming roles such as leading front office development at ICAP and heading up client facing technology at BGC Partners, to now overseeing group technology for Kepler Cheuvreux.He was also named European Trading Technology Industry Professional of the Year.Having recently launched his book ‘Work smarter’, we talk through Anvar’s career journey, lessons learned and approach to leadership and the tenets his lives his life by that make him such an influential asset.