Tomas Zikas is Managing Director and Head of the eRates business within State Street Bank & Trust, a position he assumed after State Street’s acquisition of Currenex in March 2007.  In this role, Mr Zikas is responsible for the provision of neutral execution services for the fixed income and derivative markets, operating platforms such as GovEx (for cash treasury securities), SwapEx (for interest rate and FX derivatives), and Fund Connect (for third party money market and investment funds). 

Before joining State Street, Zikas was hired at Currenex as the Managing Director of business development.  Prior to that, Zikas spent four years as Global Head of Sales at Trayport Ltd, where he provided matching engine and front-end technology for real-time, continuous trading across multiple asset classes in Europe, the Americas and Asia with a principal focus on commodity trading.  Previously, Zikas was Managing Director of the OTC commodity exchange HoustonStreet Exchange Ltd in London, facilitating trading in newly deregulated European electricity contracts.

Mr Zikas earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, and served in the US Navy as an officer onboard the nuclear submarine USS Archerfish (SSN-678) and also as a U.S. representative on the NATO staff in the United Kingdom.  Mr Zikas also received a Master’s Degree from Boston University.