Brian R. Fagen currently serves as the Managing Director & Co-Head Cash Equities Markets Americas at BNP Paribas. An accomplished business leader with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing teams, Brian leverages his expertise in cash, program, and electronic trading in ...more

Brian R. Fagen currently serves as the Managing Director & Co-Head Cash Equities Markets Americas at BNP Paribas. An accomplished business leader with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing teams, Brian leverages his expertise in cash, program, and electronic trading in developing trusted partnerships with institutional clients. Brian continues to drive growth and success for BNP Paribas by delivering value-added products and services that combine trading, technology and quantitative research/analytics, and financing to serve his clients’ needs. Prior to joining BNP, Brian was the Managing Director and Head of Americas Equities Execution Services at Deutsche Bank. He was also previously Head of Global Electronic Trading Distribution and Co-Head of Liquid Market Sales Americas at Barclays Capital, a role he also held at Lehman Brothers before joining Barclays Capital in 2008. Brian spent two years at Lehman Brothers, after having held senior roles at Morgan Stanley including leading the Program Trading, Electronic Trading, Equity Futures and Money Manager Derivative Sales businesses from 1988 until 2006. Brian is currently a board member of the Rutgers Road to Wall Street Program and National Organization of Investment Professionals. He previously held board positions at BIDS Trading, BATS Stock Exchange (now part of CBOE), The Mead School and The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Westchester County, NY. A frequent speaker at industry events, Brian has spoken at industry events on trading, market structure, transaction cost management, and regulatory topics. He holds a BS in Accounting from Rutgers University.less