Simone Vroegop has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of investment managers, based in London. She replaces Mark Moor, who is retiring. Vroegop reports to Irene Speridakos, global head of investment managers. She was previously at BBH, where she led strategy for the investor services business, and also spent nearly 15 years at State Street.
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Acadian transitions to BNY Mellon
Acadian Asset Management, the Boston-based manager with AuM of USD100bn, has been onboarded to BNY Mellon’s middle office platform. BNY Mellon now supports Acadian’s middle office activities, including trade support, IBOR and data delivery. Jim Crumlish, chief information officer at Acadian Asset Management, said: “This is an exciting milestone for Acadian. Strategically, this transition enables…
Sakstrup replaces Waldron at U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank has appointed Kai Sakstrup as chief product officer for its Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) division. Sakstrup previously served as chief strategy officer for U.S. Bank for more than six years. He joined U.S. Bank in 2015 as senior vice president of corporate strategy. He replaces Christine Waldron, who recently joined…
Chansky joins SS&C
Neal Chansky has joined SS&C as head of the registered funds business, based in the U.S. Chansky was most recently global head of consultant relations at BNY Mellon, and previously spent 10 years at State Street.
J.P. Morgan expands with AccessFintech
AccessFintech, the data management network in which BNP Paribas and BNY Mellon have a stake, has partnered with J.P. Morgan’s securities services business to enable tax reclaims data set on Synergy, the AccessFintech multi bank network. J.P. Morgan becomes the first custodian to provide this solution to the market, increasing the efficiency of tracking tax…
New CRO for BNY Mellon
Hollis Merritt has joined BNY Mellon as chief risk officer for the asset servicing business, and chief risk officer for the UK. She joins from Northern Trust, where she spent 17 years, most recently as chief risk officer for EMEA.
Maddock joins MUFG
Gilbert Maddock has joined MUFG Investor Services as an executive director, business development, based in New York. He previously spent six years at Citi and has also worked for BNY Mellon.
Waldron joins BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon has hired one of the superstars of the global investor services business. Christine Waldron is joining as head of fund services, having worked for nearly 25 years at U.S. Bank, most recently as chief product officer for the wealth and investment services business lines. She replaces Alan Flanagan, who has been appointed head…
Parkes joins BNY Mellon
Shaun Parkes has joined BNY Mellon as head of insurance and investment management. Based in London, he reports to Ed Fandrey, head of Global Client Management, and joins the GCM leadership team. Parkes previously held leadership, sales, and product roles over two decades of experience at J.P. Morgan in both Europe and Asia, including his…
Slater to retire from BNY Mellon
James Slater, CEO of BNY Mellon’s corporate trust business, is to retire at the end of September. Slater, who has run the corporate trust business since 2022, was one of the original CIBC executives to join the CIBC Mellon joint venture at its formation in 1996 before moving to BNY Mellon in 2010. He served…