Who we are

SmartPool is a European dark pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas.

SmartPool Trading Limited is a UK registered company providing a trading platform for the execution of institutional order flow. Approved and regulated by the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA), SmartPool is headquartered in London, and has its own management team and an independent board of directors.

As an exchange-led Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), SmartPool lives up to the highest standards of regulatory supervision and investor protection. Our business model is consistent with MiFID's pre-trade transparency waivers, ensuring that our diverse European trading community remains MiFID compliant in regard to best execution and trade reporting, and can trade in the dark with confidence.

Our partners

We have partnerships with a number of Independent Software Vendors offering front-end solutions to connect to the SmartPool trading platform, including:

A union of size, diversity and simplicity

The Team

Lee Hodgkinson

Chief Executive

Lee Hodgkinson is CEO of SmartPool and Head of European Sales and Relationship Management, NYSE Euronext. Previously, he was CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange’s international equity business, SWX Europe (formerly known as virt-x) and Head of the Client and Product Group of SIX Swiss Exchange, a position he held since December 2006. He was Director of Market Operations in the five years prior to this and a Member of the Management Board of SIX Swiss Exchange from 2003. Lee began his career in the Markets Division of the London Stock Exchange, where he worked for nine years and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Johanna Danby

Chief Operating Officer

Johanna Danby joined SmartPool in December 2008. Previously she worked for Deutsche Bank in the Equities division as a Business Manager for the Cash & Program Trading desk in London. During her career with Deutsche Bank, Johanna was instrumental in the design, build and implementation of the infrastructure which supported the Bank’s expansion into Program Trading and the build up of the Equity Trading business in Europe. She was appointed Global Markets Business Manager for France in 2005 and spent two years in the Paris office. Johanna began her career as an IT Project Manager at NatWest Markets and is a graduate of Queens University, Belfast.

Charles Armytage

Head of Sales, SmartPool

Charles Armytage is Head of Sales, SmartPool and Head of Scandinavian Sales and Relationship Management, NYSE Euronext. Having started his career in the city as a stock exchange blue button for Grieveson Grant, Charles spent many years as a futures trader on LIFFE before joining Goldman Sachs as a senior warrants trader in 1989. Charles was appointed Head of Asian Trading in London for BZW in 1994 and later moved to Dresdner Bank where he set up the Asian Trading desk in London and Hong Kong. More recently Charles has been a senior salesman at Beauchamp and Reuters focusing on portfolio management and risk solutions. Charles joined SmartPool in January 2009.

Mona Jasani

Head of Marketing

Mona Jasani joined SmartPool in May 2009. Previously she was Head of Marketing at SWX Europe, and worked for SIX Swiss Exchange as a Business Development and Operations Project Manager. Mona started her career on the Barclays Bank Graduate Programme and later moved to the European Equities division of ABN AMRO. More recently, she worked with Baringa Partners as a Financial Services Management Consultant. Mona is a graduate of the London School Economics and an alumnus of Columbia Business School.

David Attew

Compliance Officer

David Attew joined SmartPool in April 2010. Previously, he worked for All IPO Plc as a Compliance Officer setting up compliance controls and systems for both the Corporate Finance and Retail Stock broking divisions. David started his financial career as a research analyst and compliance officer with Econostat New Quant Ltd, a quant house optimizing government and corporate bond portfolios. David is a graduate of Brunel University and University of Leeds.

Samantha Law

PA to CEO & Marketing Assistant

Samantha Law joined SmartPool in December 2008. Previously she worked for WestLB as PA to the Head of Debt Syndication covering Europe, Asia, Middle East and Emerging markets and worked for Towers Perrin as the IT Helpdesk Manager for Europe. More recently, Samantha worked for Landsbanki as a CRM System Project Manager where she was responsible for internal training and CRM data implementation across Europe. Samantha is a graduate of the University of London.