Tara recently moved into a Senior Advisory role for Virtu Financial after being responsible for Virtu’s off-exchange liquidity offerings for over 18 years.
Tara joined Knight Capital in 2006 to build the Knight Link business and was a Managing Director in Knight’s Electronic Trading Group. Tara was responsible for the firm’s Single Dealer Platforms VEQ Link (formerly Acknowledge Equities and Knight Link) and VEQ under Knight and KCG before being acquired by Virtu. Under her leadership, Virtu has become one of the largest providers of off-exchange liquidity in the U.S. equities market and an essential source of liquidity for the street’s smart order routers and ATSs. Tara’s responsibilities have included new business strategy, product development and off exchange trading optimization. Prior to joining Knight, Tara spent more than 10 years at Reuters America where she was responsible for sales of Reuters desktop products, fundamental and estimate content, and real-time data feeds.
Tara currently serves on the Virtu’s Management Committee, Best Execution Committee and Retail Order Routing Committee. Additionally, Tara is part of Virtu’s inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Program, heading up our External Mentor Committee.
Tara passionately raises money to support St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and is Co-Chair of Wall Street’s Taste of New York event to benefit the Hospital.