Bob Zekraus will be joining Pirum as COO and Head of the Americas in May and be based in New York.

Bob was most recently at Scotiabank where he was part of the Prime Services Executive Committee and Global Head of Client Capital Management and Funding.

In his new role, Bob brings an important mix of skills to Pirum across industry knowledge, strategy and relationships.

Phil Morgan, CEO of Pirum, said “I am extremely excited to have attracted someone of Bob’s caliber to the business and my management team. He brings with him significant experience in global markets, collateral management and financial technology. This coupled with his personality, connectivity and work ethic will immediately accelerate our business trajectory in North America and beyond”

We first met Bob in his equity finance role at Barclays. He moved to Scotia in 2014 with John Stracquadanio to create a revitalized prime brokerage operation not just for Canadian clients but rather the global market. The team succeeded, and while Scotia is still considered a specialist prime broker, they punch above their weight in industry relationships and balance sheet sophistication. Bob was a key part of this growth.

Bob has been an active member of RMA and was co-Chair of the 2019 RMA Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference. He has also been a regular speaker at Finadium conferences. We look forward to his industry participation in his new role at Pirum.