Tom Egan

Chief Technology Officer of VAGM Group and companies.

Mr. Egan is the driving force behind the technical architecture at VAGM. His technical vision ensures an elegant design with scalability, resilience and security as core principles of Solas 1. Providing both the technical and business aspects the firm needs to grow and succeed in the fast-paced world of technology.

Mr.Tom Egan’s career in front office trading systems ranges over twenty years in diverse business lines within banks such as Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank. Tom has also held positions such as, CTO at a market surveillance technology firm, CTO at a FinTech for broking firm, CTO and director of technology for a virtual trading floors/simulations and CTO at a private group of acquisition-based companies.

Tom also designed and architected the Virtual Trading Floor in the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick in 2007, a post graduate experiential teaching facility, encompassing the actual features, software and functionality of a live trading floor.

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George Ioannides

Investor Relations
Mr. Ioannides oversees the company’s shareholder outreach and investor communications efforts and oversights of its global infrastructure. Partnering with the senior board management, he is charged with raising the visibility of Virtual Auction Global Group’s performance and its investor value and helping to manage the company’s regulatory disclosure requirements.
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Nicholas J Runcorn

Founder - Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Runcorn oversees the Virtual Auction Global Group operations, developing a scalable platform to ensure members' satisfaction and to embrace the ever-evolving technology. As Chairman and CEO, he calls upon his wealth of experience trading at some of the biggest financial institutions in the sector.
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Phil Westwood

Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Westwood, as COO and Head of Compliance, oversees the day-to-day running of VAGM, ensuring the business meets its regulatory obligations and drives the growth and development of the platform as it expands the product universe. He supervises the firm’s delivery of the robust and efficient global trading environment demanded by increasingly diverse participants.
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Virtual Auction Global Markets, Virtual Auction Global, VAGM and Solas 1 are trading names for Virtual Auction Global Markets Limited, a limited company registered in England & Wales with company number 10802612 and registered office 869 High Road, London, England, N12 8QA

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