Neil Cook

Dad. Runner πŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Global Head of SaaS Onboarding and Reliability & Board Member : SimCorp. Parent Governor : Viridis Schools.

London, England, United Kingdom

About

With over 10 years experience in the finance industry and a background in technology I am able to bridge the divide between the business and development. I have a passion for delivering great software solutions that makes peoples job easier and that they love to use. I am currently responsible for all aspects of the design, workflow and interaction of the SimCorp Dimension Order Management System covering Equities, Program Trading, Algos, Futures, Options, Fixed Income & FX. I also have experience working with Bloomberg real-time data inside the OMS. I am a FIX Protocol expert with 10 years experience and have worked on integration with all major brokers as well as Bloomberg EMSX, Flextrade, TradingScreen, Bloomberg TSOX, Bloomberg FIT, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, FXall & FX Connect. I have designed and delivered a FIXatdl solution and successfully implemented with a number of brokers including Nomura, Credit Suisse, Macquarie, UBS, Golman Sachs, Deustche and Morgan Stanley. I have also been a FIXatdl panel member at recent FIX conferences in Stockholm and London. Specialties: User Experience, Interaction Design, FIX Protocol, FIXatdl, Trading, Equities, Fixed Income, FX.

Experience

  • Viridis Schools (1 yr 6 mos)
    • Vice Chair of Governers
      Nov 2025 - Present Β· 9 mos

    • Parent Governor
      Feb 2025 - Present Β· 1 yr 6 mos

      Parent Governor at Viridis Schools Federation, which my son’s schools is part of. Hoping to bring some of my Board experience into an educational setting, and help the school flourish in the local community during a challenging time for schools in the UK.

  • SimCorp (20 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Global SaaS Onboarding & Reliability
      Jul 2025 - Present Β· 1 yr 1 mo

    • Head of Global SaaS Onboarding & Reliability
      Jul 2025 - Present Β· 1 yr 1 mo

    • Board of Directors Technology Committee Member
      Sep 2022 - Present Β· 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Head of Testing at SolutionForge
    Jul 2003 - Aug 2005 Β· 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Test Analyst at EMX Co
    Aug 2001 - Jan 2003 Β· 1 yr 6 mos