LMAX Exchange to Sponsor Team in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Financial technology firm LMAX Exchange has agreed a deal to sponsor a team in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

David Mercer, health CEO of LMAX Exchange, order comments, “Overcoming challenges is at the heart of our business. It takes courage to disrupt the world’s largest financial sector and the competition, ambition and camaraderie required by the Clipper Race will also be a huge motivation for our own team.”

“We are focused on expanding our global reach even further and believe our unique vision for global FX trading is set to lead industry change not only in the UK but globally. This race is symbolic for us, a physical manifestation of our global growth.”

William Ward, Chief Executive of race organisers Clipper Ventures, said: “We are very pleased to welcome LMAX Exchange as a first-time Clipper Race sponsor. Their business is built on teamwork and world-class excellence, values that are central to the race.”

LMAX Exchange will be one of twelve teams participating in the tenth edition of the event, which trains amateur crew to race across the world’s most challenging oceans under the leadership of a professional skipper.

The Clipper 2015-16 Race starts on 30 August 2015 at St Katharine Docks, London and will return eleven months later on 30 July 2016. The event’s global race track visits 14 markets on six continents and is used extensively by sponsors to showcase their products and services to an international audience against the stimulating backdrop that the race provides.