About us

Meet the Lightspeed team


Farid Naib

Chief Executive Officer


Farid Naib joined Lightspeed Financials’ Board of Directors (now Professional Trading Solutions) in September 2012 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2014. Previously, he founded FNX Limited, a leading provider of global over-the-counter trading technology to the world’s largest financial institutions. FNX was acquired by GL Trade (now part of SunGard) in 2007. Mr. Naib also has served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as a board member of GAIN Capital, and is an operating partner at LLR. Mr. Naib has over 30 years of experience in the financial technology industry as an entrepreneur, investor, and manager.


Thomas Gibb

President & COO

Thomas Gibb was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and as Co-President in 2015. Mr. Gibb joined the Company in 2006 and throughout his tenure has held various roles including Trading Operations Manager, Director of Client Service, EVP of Brokerage Operations. Mr. Gibb has over 15 years of experience in the brokerage industry.

Keith Petzold

Chief Compliance Officer

Keith Petzold joined Lightspeed in 2005 and serves as Chief Compliance Officer. Before joining the Company, Mr. Petzold held a variety of senior roles in the compliance units of Schonfeld Securities and HD Brous & Company. Mr. Petzold has over 20 years of experience in the brokerage industry.

David Chaskin

Chief Financial Officer

David Chaskin joined Lightspeed in 2023 and serves as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chaskin has held CFO roles with several broker dealers, including, Weild & Co. and Aritas Group, Inc. Mr. Chaskin has more than 25 years of progressive experience in finance and operations management within start-ups and multi-billion-dollar organizations.


Why we're different

We’re committed to empowering your success

Lightspeed was built by traders for traders, and we understand traders' needs and work hard to exceed their expectations.

Our top priority is to deliver world-class experiences, we envision our traders' needs and then go above and beyond to meet them

We strive to deliver products, services, and tools that empower our traders' success and help them to reach their goals.

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