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Páraic Cosgrave has joined BNY Mellon as global head of alternatives business development within the asset servicing group. He is based in Dublin. Cosgrave was previously global head of sales for Abbey Capital Ltd, a Dublin-based manager specialising in managed futures. He also worked at BNP Paribas Securities Services as global head of sales &…

JTC, the professional services provider, has appointed Elize Botha as managing director – South Africa. She will be responsible for overseeing JTC’s Cape Town office which employs over 180 people, providing a range of services to institutional clients in the global asset management industry. The office was established in 2007 and became part of the…

Tilney Smith & Williamson, a UK-based wealth management and professional services provider, has appointed Neil Coxhead as chief executive of its host ACD and fund administration business. Coxhead has over 30 years’ experience in the UK funds industry and joins from asset management servicing group Waystone.

Dave Scanlan has joined J.P. Morgan as executive managing director, fund services EMEA operations, based in Dublin. Scanlan joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services, where he spent more than eight years, most recently as global head of specialist product services. His move follows the recent departure of Padraig Kenny, formerly the head of RBC’s…

Chrys Wickremeratne has joined HSBC as head of fund services operations for Australia & New Zealand. He previously spent nearly eight years at BNP Paribas Securities Services. His appointment follows the recent hiring of Sinclair Scholfield from State Street as head of sales and client management for its securities services business in Australia and New…

State Street has confirmed the appointment of Jessica Donohue as global head of its asset owner segment business. Donohue assumes this leadership role following her most recent position leading the global clients division, where she was responsible for relationship management of the firm’s largest and most complex global clients. She will report to Francisco Aristeguieta,…

Opsmatix, a fintech providing AI-powered unstructured communications management solutions, has appointed New York-based finance and technology executive Dan Kramer as CEO. He replaces Justin Forrest, who is now the global COO of the company. Kramer has held senior roles at BNY Mellon, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. Most recently he was…