Chi-X Australia Installs Jokovic as CEO

Jokovic joins Chi-X after serving at Deutsche Bank for the past 26 years. His most recent role was co-head of global markets for Australia and New Zealand at Deutsche Bank before he retired from the bank.

Prior to that, he held several key executive roles at Deutsche as a managing director, including head of debt and equity sales in the bank’s institutional client group, and as head of cash equities and derivatives.

Chi-X is a unit of Chi-X Asia Pacific. It launched its platform as an alternative trading venue for Australian Stock Exchange-listed securities in October 2011, but has seen a number of chief executives join and depart since then. It has been without a permanent CEO since John Fildes resigned from the post in April 2017, leading former CEO Peter Fowler to take on the role in an interim capacity. Fildes had previously taken over from Fowler in April 2013.

“I am delighted to be joining Chi-X as it plays an increasingly important role in the development and growth of Australian capital and investment markets. By bringing competition and innovation to the Australian financial landscape, Chi-X has delivered substantial benefits to investors and traders in Australian equities. I look forward to leading the team at Chi-X as we build on our position as an integral and innovative marketplace,” said Jokovic in a statement.