Karel Sanders
Head of FX Product Management
Rand Merchant Bank
Karel Sanders is the Head of FX Product Management at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), where he leads the strategy and evolution of foreign exchange products and electronic trading capabilities across global markets. He is responsible for the development and commercialisation of the FX product suite, working at the intersection of markets, technology, and client solutions to drive innovation across electronic execution, pricing, liquidity distribution, workflow automation, and platform integration.
Having held leadership roles across FX sales, dealing, electronic distribution, liquidity management, and product management, Karel brings more than 15 years of experience across the FX execution landscape. His background provides a unique perspective on both buy-side and sell-side challenges, enabling him to bridge market structure, technology, and client needs.
Karel is passionate about modernising FX trading workflows through technology, automation, and data-driven execution. His work focuses on helping clients improve transparency, control, and execution outcomes by leveraging innovations in streaming pricing, algorithmic execution, electronic trading platforms, and liquidity distribution. He is particularly interested in how technology can simplify complexity while enhancing governance, auditability, and operational efficiency across the FX lifecycle.
At TradeTech FX, Karel will share practical insights on how corporates and financial institutions can optimise RFQ workflows, streaming liquidity, algorithmic execution, and multi-dealer platforms to build execution environments that deliver greater transparency, control, and efficiency.