Alexander Gerko is the founder and serves as Executive Director and Co-CEO of XTX Markets. He started his financial career in equities and then in FX at Deutsche Bank. Most recently, he headed the market making team at GSA Capital. He is also an angel investor. He has more than 10 years of trading experience, starting with equity trading at Deutsche Bank, FX trading strategies at Deutsche Bank, and most recently, until July 2015, six years as head of the market making team at GSA Capital Partners LLP (FRN: 409768). Alex holds a PhD in Mathematics from Moscow State University.