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Instinet announced the appointment of Jonathan Kellner as president of Instinet, its U.S. brokerage subsidiary. In this role, Mr. Kellner will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Instinet’s U.S. business units. Mr. Kellner, previously Instinet’s head of U.S. sales trading, joined the firm in 2007 when the U.S. equity trading desk of Nomura Securities, was integrated into Instinet’s U.S. operations. Mr. Kellner held a variety of positions at NSI after joining in 2003, most recently managing director responsible for U.S. equity and global portfolio sales and trading. Prior to his tenure at Nomura, Mr. Kellner spent time in several senior trading and technology positions at Charles Schwab & Co., investment technology group and Morgan Stanley. Michael Plunkett, formerly president of Instinet will leave to pursue other personal and professional interests.-Business Wire