# Michael Chin

> Michael Chin is a New York-based fintech executive, former trader and strategic advisor to Duco. After studying information and decision systems at Carnegie Mellon while pursuing music, he spent 13 years trading at J.P. Morgan, helped build TradingScreen, led Mantara, ran major trading businesses at Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv, and served as CEO of Broadway Technology and Duco. His career has moved from making trades to designing the systems and organisations that make financial work less manual.

- **Role:** Strategic Advisor at Duco
- **Organizations:** Duco, Broadway Technology, Refinitiv, Thomson Reuters, Mantara, TradingScreen, J.P. Morgan
- **Education:** B.S. in Information and Decision Systems; also studied music, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Built a career of more than 30 years across capital markets and financial technology., Helped build TradingScreen's global sales, marketing and client-services functions during nine years in executive roles., Led Mantara as president and CEO; its technology assets passed to Deutsche Bank in 2013 after the company filed for Chapter 11.

## Career timeline

- **c. 1987-2000** — Spent 13 years at J.P. Morgan as a trader across asset classes, including assignments in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong; later headed the investment management fixed-income trading group.
- **2001-2010** — Joined TradingScreen and spent nine years in executive roles, ultimately serving as president and global head of sales and as a board member.
- **2010-2013** — Served as president and CEO of low-latency trading technology company Mantara; after the company filed for Chapter 11 in 2013, its technology assets passed to Deutsche Bank.
- **2014-2020** — Held senior trading leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv, including global head of equities, co-head of trading and managing director, global head of trading.
- **2021-2023** — Became CEO and a board member of Broadway Technology and led the company through its acquisition by Bloomberg in 2023.
- **2024** — Appointed CEO of Duco on January 23; soon after, Duco acquired intelligent document processing company Metamaze.
- **2024** — Named to the TABBForum Top 40 Innovators in Financial Markets.
- **2026** — Completed a planned CEO transition at Duco on March 16 and continued supporting its board and leadership team as senior advisor.

## Achievements

- Built a career of more than 30 years across capital markets and financial technology.
- Helped build TradingScreen's global sales, marketing and client-services functions during nine years in executive roles.
- Led Mantara as president and CEO; its technology assets passed to Deutsche Bank in 2013 after the company filed for Chapter 11.
- Oversaw multi-asset trading products, data and analytics at Refinitiv.
- Led Broadway Technology through its 2023 acquisition by Bloomberg.
- Led Duco's 2024 acquisition and integration of Metamaze, extending the platform into unstructured-data processing.
- Named a TABBForum Top 40 Innovator in Financial Markets for 2024.
- During his Duco tenure, the company reported more than 200 customers and over 14 billion transactions processed monthly.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Stepped down as Duco CEO in a planned transition as founder Christian Nentwich returned to the role; Chin became senior advisor to the board and leadership team.
- **2026-03** — Duco said that during Chin's two-year tenure it strengthened its operating structure, governance and commercial scalability, passing 200 customers and 14 billion transactions processed monthly.
- **2025-04** — Spoke with Asset Servicing Times about his path from music and trading to fintech leadership, and about Duco's product-led approach to post-trade automation.
- **2024-12** — Discussed innovation, customer partnership and the 'workforce of the future' after being named a TABBForum Top 40 Innovator.

## Links

- Website: https://du.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-k-chin

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Last updated: 2026-09-26