Propellant announces two executive promotions

London, 2 February 2026 – Propellant Digital (“Propellant”), a leading technology provider specialising in fixed income data analytics, today announced key leadership promotions within its management team.

Charlie Gibson promoted to Chief Commercial Officer

Charlie Gibson, who most recently served as Head of Sales, has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Since joining Propellant, Charlie has played a key role in driving revenue growth, expanding the company’s client base, and supporting its global expansion across fixed income markets. Charlie has built strong relationships with the UK and European institutional trading community, facilitating the distribution of Propellant’s analytics among buy-side and sell-side firms. 

As CCO, he will oversee Propellant's full commercial execution, including go-to-market strategy, partnerships, pipeline development and customer service. He will work in close collaboration with the executive team to ensure the commercial strategy remains aligned with Propellant’s long-term growth objectives.

Charlie said: 

“I joined Propellant at a very early stage as one of the company’s first hires, and it has been an incredible journey. In my role as Head of Sales, we established strong product-market fit across both the buy-side and sell-side and implemented a go-to-market strategy that doubled our client base and revenue.

I’m excited to step into my new role as CCO, leading an exceptional team across customer success, marketing, and sales. Together, we will continue to educate clients on the value of transparency in fixed income markets – so they, in turn, can deliver better outcomes for their own clients.”

Vidal Mehra promoted to Chief Product Officer

Vidal Mehra has been elevated to Chief Product Officer (CPO) from his previous role as Head of Quant Analytics. During his tenure as Head of Quant Analytics, Vidal has led the development of Propellant’s data-driven solutions, strengthening its product capabilities to better serve clients. He was also involved in launching FIX Streaming and the Propellant Global Fixed Income Technology Solution. Vidal is the author of Propellant Insights – the company’s weekly thought-leadership series that leverages advanced analytics to examine market activity and highlight the value of regulatory data. 

In his new role, Vidal will take responsibility for Propellant’s end-to-end product strategy and delivery, leading the continued development of the firm’s analytics platform to ensure it evolves in line with client requirements and changes in the financial landscape.

“I’m excited to continue my journey at Propellant, taking on a new challenge as CPO. ”, said Vidal, “Since joining to lead the development of Quantitative Analytics, I have worked closely with the team to strengthen the Propellant product suite and advance our analytics offering. Following the successful launch of our in-depth Insights series, which showcases advanced analytics, we are preparing for the production rollout in the coming months.

I look forward to leading the next phase of product expansion, building on our current suite to deliver a global stream of post-trade data in major fixed income markets, including both TRACE and data from US Swap Data Repositories.”

Over the past five years, Propellant’s rapid growth has been shaped by the strength of its product portfolio and the depth of expertise across its team. Propellant now provides analytics solutions to more than 30 clients, including global banks, tier-1 asset managers, leading trading venues and hedge funds. A 100% client renewal rate reinforces strong client trust and Propellant’s role in setting a new standard for fixed income data analytics. This momentum was further recognised in 2025, when Propellant was named Outstanding Market Data Services Provider - Fixed Income at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading Awards.

Vincent Grandjean, Founder & CEO of Propellant Digital, commented:

“Charlie and Vidal have both earned these promotions. They’ve been stepping up every day – Charlie on the commercial side and Vidal on the product side. These appointments formalise the responsibilities they already carry and reflect the impact they have on the business. I’m delighted to welcome them to the executive team as CCO and CPO, and grateful to have them leading with us as we scale.”

About Propellant Digital

Propellant Digital is an award-winning technology company specialising in fixed income data analytics. Our founders are trusted specialists in transparency and trading data, and passionate about making bond, swap, and ETF markets more transparent.

Financial institutions face challenges in extracting value from growing volumes of European and US transparency data, and Propellant delivers practical, responsive technology that transforms this data into actionable insights. We help global and regional banks, asset managers, quant hedge funds, trading venues, regulators, and industry associations to analyse transparency and trading data in near real-time. Our unique analytics cloud platform leverages the most extensive fixed income dataset, providing users the insights they need to improve trading strategies, streamline workflows, and make informed trading decisions.

For more information on Propellant Digital, contact sales@propellant.digital 

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