LONDON & NEW YORK & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2026--
Options Technology, the leading managed IT services and technology solutions provider, today announced Larry Leibowitz to Chairman of its Board. Leibowitz, who joined the Board in June 2023 as an independent director, assumes the Chairmanship as Options continues to accelerate its growth across key financial centres worldwide.
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With more than three decades of leadership experience across exchanges, trading technology, and financial infrastructure, Leibowitz brings unparalleled strategic vision to the Chairman role. He has held executive and board positions across capital markets, financial technology, and asset management, including serving as Chief Operating Officer, Head of Global Equities Markets, and Member of the Board of Directors of NYSE Euronext from 2007 to 2013. He has also held senior positions at UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse First Boston, and is currently CEO of Entrypoint Capital, a quantitative investment management firm.
Since joining the Options Board, Leibowitz has played a key role in shaping the company's strategic direction, contributing deep expertise in market structure, trading infrastructure, and the evolving demands of global financial services clients.
Danny Moore, President and CEO of Options Technology, commented: "Since joining our Board, Larry has been an exceptional strategic partner, offering guidance that has directly shaped our product development and global expansion. Elevating him to Chairman is a natural progression; his grasp of where financial services technology is heading, combined with his relationships and credibility across the industry, positions Options for the next phase of our growth. We are fortunate to have him in this role."
Larry Leibowitz commented: "Options has continued to demonstrate why it is the infrastructure partner of choice for the world's leading firms. I'm proud of what the team has built and delighted to take on this expanded role. The opportunity ahead, particularly in managed services, cybersecurity, and AI-driven market data, is significant, and I look forward to working even more closely with Danny and the leadership team to capture it."
The appointment reflects Options' commitment to strengthening its governance and advisory infrastructure as it serves over 550 firms globally from offices in New York, London, Toronto, Chicago, Belfast, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Auckland.
Today's news comes as the latest in a series of major milestones at Options, including the acquisition of Crossvale, expanding its private cloud and AI modernization capabilities, the enhancement of its APAC connectivity with direct access to the Japan Alternative Market (JAX) via AtlasFabric, and the announcement of major enhancements to AtlasVision, its state-of-the-art monitoring and alerting tool.
Options Technology:
Options Technology (Options) is a financial technology company at the forefront of banking and trading infrastructure. We serve clients globally with offices in New York, London, Paris, Belfast, Cambridge, Chicago, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, Sydney and Auckland. At Options, our services are woven into the hottest trends in global technology, including high-performance Networking, Cloud, Security, and AI (Artificial Intelligence).
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Options Technology Appoints Larry Leibowitz as Chairman of The Board
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that three patients with suspected hantavirus cases have been evacuated from an affected cruise ship and are on their way to the Netherlands.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency is working with the operators of the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship to closely monitor the health of passengers and crew.
“At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low,” he wrote on his X account.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck of the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a strain of the virus that can be transmitted between humans in rare cases in three cases.
Authorities in Switzerland announced Wednesday that a man who returned from South America and traveled on the cruise ship has tested positive for the virus and is receiving treatment.
Three passengers have died and at least five people have been sickened by hantavirus on board the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship. Hantavirus usually spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings. There have been three laboratory-confirmed cases.
The ship left Argentina on April 1 on an Atlantic cruise and was scheduled to include stops in Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and other locations. However, the itinerary may have changed because of the situation on board.
Spain’s Health Ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that it would receive the MV Hondius vessel in the Canary Islands after a request from the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
But for now it remains marooned off the coast of Cape Verde, an island nation off West Africa in the Atlantic. The World Health Organization said passengers are isolating in their cabins.
South African health authorities said they identified the Andes strain of hantavirus in two passengers who were on the ship.
The World Health Organization says the Andes virus, a specific species of hantavirus, is found in South America, primarily in Argentina and Chile.
The Andes virus can be spread between people, though this is rare and the spread of the disease is typically contained because it would spread only through close contact, such as by sharing a bed or sharing food, experts say.
The South African Department of Health said in a report that the information came from tests performed on the passengers after they were removed from the ship and flown to South Africa.
One of the passengers, a British man, is in intensive care in a South African hospital. Tests were performed on the other passenger posthumously after she died in South Africa.
A statement from the Federal Office of Public Health said that the man “returned to Switzerland after traveling on the cruise ship on which there were a number of hantavirus cases.” It said his case also involved the Andes virus.
It said he had returned from a trip to South America with his wife at the end of April. After noticing symptoms, he went to the University Hospital Zurich after consulting with his doctor and was immediately placed in isolation.
The patient’s wife hasn’t shown any symptoms but is self-isolating as a precaution, the statement said.
The public health office said that “there is currently no risk to the Swiss public.”
The WHO said in a social media post that the man responded to “an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event” and went to the hospital.
The cruise ship will be welcomed to Spain’s Canary Islands, according to Spanish authorities, as the vessel waited off the coast of West Africa for a third day Wednesday for sick passengers to be evacuated.
However, the regional president of Spain’s Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said Wednesday that he was worried the arrival of the ship could put the local population at risk and demanded an urgent meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
“Neither the populace nor the government of the Canary Islands can rest assured because it is clear that the danger to the population is real,” Clavijo told Onda Cero radio.
Medical evacuation teams were on standby Wednesday morning in the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.
Associated Press journalists nearby saw a boat approach the ship on Tuesday night before turning back soon after. It was not clear what happened, or whether that was the evacuation team.
A night view of the MV Hondius cruise ship anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
An aerial view of the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Arilson Almeida)
An aerial view of the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Arilson Almeida)
