Before Alibaba, Singleton had been a director at insurer New York Life’s corporate venturing unit.

US stock exchange provider Nasdaq has hired Selena Singleton from online retailer Alibaba as head of strategic development.

Before her two years running business-to-business globalisation for China-based Alibaba, Singleton had been a director at insurer New York Life’s corporate venturing unit.

It is an important hire for Nasdaq, which in January appointed Jeremy Skule as chief strategy officer in a newly expanded role overseeing mergers and acquisitions, venture investments, and data and analytics.

 

Photo of Selena Singleton from LinkedIn

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.