Garth Appelt (Past Speaker)

Garth Appelt is a Managing Director, Head of Foreign Exchange Mizuho Americas. Prior to Mizuho, Appelt was President and Director of Markets for Marto Capital, an asset management and financial services firm. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank where he was the Global Head of Emerging Markets Trading and the Global Head of G10 Foreign Exchange Spot and Precious Metals Trading. Garth was a member of the FRC America's Executive Committee and FRC Global Management Committee. He also served as a board member for the Emerging Markets Traders Association (EMTA). Prior to joining UBS, Appelt was a Portfolio Manager at Moore Capital Management specializing in emerging market directional and relative value strategies in foreign exchange, Interest Rates, Credit and Equities. Over a 25 year career, Appelt has also held positions at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.