Valentino (Val) Wotton is Managing Director and Global Head of Equities Solutions. In this role, he is responsible for NSCC equity clearing of trades executed on major U.S. exchanges and other equity trading venues and DTC the central securities depository which completes the transfer between trading parties of securities and cash. He also leads the firm’s global middle-office trade processing solutions, including CTM, ALERT and TradeSuite ID. Working closely with his global team, clients, industry organizations and his peers, Val focuses on setting business strategy, growing and enhancing services, and delivering increased value to clients, enabling them to meet evolving operational, risk and regulatory compliance demands such as global accelerated settlement and extended trading hours (24x5) efforts. Additionally, Val leads enterprise-wide modernization efforts at DTCC and is the Regional Administrative Manager for DTCC EMEA, Chairman of the DTCC EMEA Operating Committee, and a voting member on the DTCC ITP LLC Board.
Prior to this role, Val was Managing Director of Product Development and Strategy, Repository and Derivatives Services, where he was responsible for overseeing the firm’s Global Trade Repository (GTR), Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) and Report Hub services.
Before DTCC, Val served as Managing Director Head of Global Markets Post-Trade Services, Network Management and EMEA Markets Operations at Barclays. There, he was responsible for the implementation of a strategic global operational model to provide improved post-trade service capabilities to clients and internal businesses as well as the design and delivery of strategic architecture to achieve automation, process improvement and risk management objectives. Previously, Val held several senior roles at Citigroup.
During his career, Val has served on several Boards and Committees, including SIFMA’s Operations and Technology Committee, DTCC’s Deriv/SERV Board, LCH OTC Deriv Net, and the International Swaps & Derivatives Organization’s (ISDA) Market Infrastructure & Technology Committee (MITOC).
Val holds a Bachelor of Law (with French) degree from Nottingham Trent University.