Managing Director at GFT UK, Christopher Ortiz joined GFT Iberia in 2001 as Sales Manager in the Barcelona office. He was seconded to the London office the following year as Sales Director and stayed, becoming Executive Director in 2009, a role which included being Global Head of Capital Markets. In his decade at GFT, Christopher has worked closely with the UK, Spanish and Brazilian offices, running GFT’s business with Deutsche Bank in the UK and laying the foundations for the company’s expansion into the USA.

Prior to joining GFT, Christopher was with Deutsche Bank, first in New York and then in Barcelona where his strategic roles included project management of MIS reporting, supplier management systems and databases. His first introduction to investment banking was as an Associate at JP Morgan in New York & London, where was involved in Global Technology and Operations Financial Control and Emerging Markets Sales.

Christopher Ortiz was educated at Cornell University (New York) and later took an MBA
in IT & International Business at Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration. Chris has dual nationality, having received British citizenship earlier this year.


At A Glance

October 2011 – present Managing Director, GFT UK
2009 – 2011 Executive Director & Global Head of Capital Markets, GFT UK
2001 – 2009 Sales Director, GFT UK & Iberia
1998 – 2001 VP, Deutsche Bank in Barcelona. AVP in New York.
1993 – 1998 Associate, JP Morgan