McGale will join BTIG from Bryan Garnier & Co, where he was a sales trader. He served at Merrill Lynch/Smith New Court, for over 10 years and held various positions, including managing director of European equities and Irish country manager.
After Merrill, McGale returned to Dublin with Numis Securities and was later head of institutional sales at Pali International.
Clements will join BTIG from AllianceBernstein, where he spent 10 years trading European equities in New York and London. Prior to this, he was a UK equities trader with Credit Suisse Asset Management. He has more than 19 years of experience trading UK and European markets.
Bowers will join from ITG/Hoenig & Company, where he spent eight years covering institutional and hedge fund accounts on a global basis. Before this, Bowers was an equities market maker at HSBC and a financial futures trader on LIFFE with both Lloyds Futures and ING Barings.
BTIG Europe CEO Gary Hayes said that Chris, Jon and Adam add depth and experience to BTIG’s industry expertise in pan-European sales and trading. BTIG has expanded its regional and international capabilities over the last five years with offices now in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia as well as 10 US locations.
