BMLL Names Brad Hunt Chairman as Nordic Capital-Backed Growth Push Continues | LeapRate
BMLL, the independent provider of harmonised historical market data and analytics for capital markets, has appointed Brad Hunt as Chairman of the Board, the company announced on 29 July 2026. The move is aimed at accelerating global growth following Nordic Capital’s acquisition of the firm in October 2025.
Hunt brings 30 years of experience building and transforming financial data businesses. He most recently served as CEO of Rimes Technologies, where he expanded the company from benchmark data management into enterprise data management and investment solutions before its sale in 2024. He previously held senior roles at Bank of New York Mellon, IHS Markit and Goldman Sachs International.
Hunt succeeds Lee Hodgkinson, who will stay on the board as an independent Non-Executive Director. Hodgkinson currently serves as Group Chief Strategy Officer at Saudi Tadawul Group and previously led Euronext London.
The board has also welcomed Spiros Giannaros, US-based independent NED and current CEO of Gresham Technologies, who brings decades of fintech scaling experience. Other directors include BMLL CEO Paul Humphrey, CFO and COO Nigel Medhurst, Nordic Capital’s David Samuelson and Dan Rosenberg, and Optiver representative Hilde Kaemingk.
Humphrey said Hunt’s “deep industry expertise will be invaluable” as BMLL scales globally, while thanking Hodgkinson for his stewardship as outgoing Chairman.
Hunt said he was “incredibly excited” to join at a pivotal moment, citing BMLL’s reputation for high quality historical data and growing market demand for deep insight without heavy operational overhead.
BMLL was founded in 2014 out of the University of Cambridge’s machine learning laboratories and had previously raised $83 million across seed, Series A and B rounds, including backing from Optiver.
