AxeTrading, a leading fixed income technology provider, has hired Ivan Mihov as Sales Director. In this role, Mihov will be focused on the company's global buy-side initiatives.

Ivan joins from MarketAxess, where he was responsible for buy-side sales in Germany, Austria and CEE. Before MarketAxess, Ivan was part of Bloomberg's sell-side trading systems team selling TOMS and ETOMS to Tier 1 and regional fixed income dealers in CEE, Germany and London.

AxeTrading services clients in 13 countries across four continents. In June, AxeTrading received a strategic investment of €2 million from Illuminate Financial, lead by Mark Beeston and Mark Whitcroft.