Summary
Martin Harris is an experienced technology executive with over 25 years working across trading floors, exchanges and global financial markets, now leading DDGI Limited within the DDCAP Group. He has run large multi-disciplinary teams and programme portfolios at marquee institutions including LIFFE, Euronext, NYSE, Nasdaq and ICE, bringing deep domain expertise in derivatives, clearing, low-latency systems and regulatory compliance. Known for bridging front-office trading operations and back-office technology, he combines programme/portfolio discipline (PRINCE2, Agile, ITIL) with hands-on delivery experience in FIXML, co-location and SDLC practices. Martin’s career progression from pit manager and market surveillance to head of software development and programme director gives him a rare end-to-end perspective on market infrastructure. He champions pragmatic, auditable solutions for complex financial products including Sharia’a-compliant instruments now central to his current role. Based in England, he blends board-level leadership with practical engineering governance to drive resilient, compliant trading platforms.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Addey and Stanhope Grammar School