Rostro Group Launches People & Organisation Division to Drive 2030 Growth Vision
Rostro Group, the diversified fintech and financial services company, has announced a series of new appointments and internal developments to strengthen its corporate framework and prepare for accelerated global growth. The initiative underscores the Group’s strategy to evolve as a digitally driven investment bank designed for the next decade of financial innovation.
Amid ongoing volatility across global markets, Rostro’s integrated structure continues to demonstrate resilience and balance. Its ecosystem—spanning brokerage, digital assets, investment management, and an upcoming payments arm—creates natural diversification, allowing the Group to sustain performance through varying market cycles.
Central to this next phase is the creation of a dedicated People & Organisation Development division. This new arm focuses on enhancing leadership capability, improving alignment between customer and employee value propositions, and ensuring that Rostro remains an employer of choice for top financial and technology talent.
Takeaway
Kate Mason-Keaney has joined the Group as , bringing deep experience in transformation and executive development across global institutions. She will be supported by Claire Thorpe, appointed Organisation Development Director, who previously held senior HR and leadership roles at several multinational companies.
The pair will lead the expansion of Rostro’s people infrastructure, building systems that connect organisational performance to employee development. Their remit also includes fostering leadership pipelines and aligning the Group’s internal culture with its external growth strategy.
“Rostro is building something truly extraordinary,” said Mason-Keaney. “It’s an organisation built on growth—not just in markets, but in people. This role represents an opportunity to ensure that business success and individual development remain deeply interconnected.”
Takeaway
As part of the identical announcement, Pavel Spirin transitions into the role of on a full-time basis. Spirin, who has in the expansion of Scope Markets (a Rostro subsidiary), will now overview group-wide growth initiatives focused on business development, market expansion, and digital innovation.
His appointment aligns Rostro’s leadership with its vision of creating an integrated ecosystem capable of delivering end-to-end financial answers across markets. The move also strengthens cohesion between Rostro’s various operating businesses under a unified growth framework.
The combination of strategic hires and structural realignment demonstrates Rostro’s commitment to building a scalable, agile organisation ready for the next stage of its international development.
Takeaway
Michael Ayres, Group CEO and Partner, described the new structure as a reflection of Rostro’s long-term vision. “The strength of Rostro lies in its structure,” Ayres said. “We’ve built a business that evolves with market shifts rather than being defined by them. These appointments and the expansion of Pavel’s role demonstrate our continued and culture—key elements of our 2030 growth vision.”
This focus on internal capability mirrors the Group’s broader ambition to define what a modern investment bank looks like—digitally integrated, people-centric, and strategically diversified across financial services verticals.
Through these developments, Rostro continues to balance innovation with institutional discipline, demonstrating that sustainable growth is driven not only by product diversification but by organisational strength.
