Mr. Katcher, 51, joined Knight in
"Gary is building a terrific business at Knight Libertas, which has allowed Knight to immediately expand our offering across asset classes with institutional fixed income," said
Mr. Sadoff, 45, has been with Knight since
"Steve has distinguished himself in leading Knight's technology team as it built one of the most robust trading platforms on Wall Street," Mr. Joyce said. "Knight's technology is critical to our success, allowing us to support an outstanding voice operation and expanding electronic side of our hybrid market model. A significant, near-term focus for Steve is to now support Knight's trading technology infrastructure internationally. Steve's guidance and keen business instincts over nearly seven years have made him a key contributor to the organization."
Biographies
Gary Katcher Executive Vice President, Head of Global Institutional Fixed Income Knight Capital Group, Inc.
Under Mr. Katcher's direction, Knight Libertas provides trade execution services and investment research across a broad range of fixed income securities, including high yield and high grade corporate bonds, distressed debt, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, convertible bonds and syndicated loans. Knight Libertas also provides capital markets services to growing companies in need of financing to support expansion. Prior to joining Knight, Mr. Katcher was the Chief Executive Officer of Libertas Partners LLC, a firm he founded in 2002 and sold to Knight in
Mr. Katcher spent more than a decade at Merrill Lynch where he headed high yield trading. His career also includes roles at Royal Bank of
Mr. Katcher holds an MBA in Finance from
Steven J. Sadoff Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer Knight Capital Group, Inc.
Prior to joining Knight, Mr. Sadoff was the Chief Information Officer for BondBook, responsible for global oversight, strategy, purchasing and implementation of technology. From 1995 until 2000, he was with Merrill Lynch & Co. where for the last two years he was a Director responsible for the technology for the Global Liquidity and Credit businesses in addition to leading e-commerce initiatives. The first three years he was with Merrill Lynch Japan, responsible for front office technology and infrastructure. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Sadoff was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as a Vice President.
Mr. Sadoff holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, a master's degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in computer science from
About Knight
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) is a leading financial services firm that provides electronic and voice access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes for buy-side, sell-side and corporate clients. In Global Markets, we provide market access and trade execution services in nearly every U.S. equity security and a large number of international securities, futures, options, foreign exchange and fixed income. In Asset Management, Knight owns a 51 percent stake in Deephaven Holdings with Deephaven Partners controlling the remaining 49 percent as of
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