Colmore, a Preqin company that provides services and technology for private market LPs and allocators, has made three senior hires. Dominic Critchley has joined as co-head of fund accounting (EU). He was previously head of investment accounting for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He will work alongside Veronica Harris, who has been promoted to co-head…
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Kevin O’Neill joins Napier as CRO
Napier, the UK-based provider of an AI-enhanced AML and financial crime platform, has hired Kevin O’Neill as chief revenue officer. O’Neill comes to Napier from Fenergo, the client onboarding specialist, having served as global head, asset management and asset servicing, and head of EMEA sales. He has also held senior positions at BNY Mellon and…
Apex hires U.S. Bank veteran for senior BD role in Ireland
Apex has appointed Barry O’Brien as senior director, business development. Based in Apex’s Dublin office, he reports to John Bohan, co-founder and country head business development (Ireland), whom he will be working with to drive the firm’s growth in Ireland. O’Brien joins Apex from U.S. Bank Global Fund Services where he was most recently director,…
AssetMetrix hires in Lux
AssetMetrix, the Germany-based alternatives specialist in which BNP Paribas has a strategic stake, has hired Margot Ripoll as a business development associate in Luxembourg. She previously worked as a credit analyst at investment bank Bpifrance.
Ultimus hires for PE sales
Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions has hired John Lumley as an SVP responsible for new business across the alternative investment practice, with a focus on private equity administration. He joins from J.P. Morgan.
BlockFi hires COO & CTO
BlockFi, a U.S.-based crypto financial services company, has made two senior appointments. Alexander Grigoryan has joined as the chief technology officer and will oversee all global product development and technology strategy. Prior to BlockFi, Grigoryan led product engineering at Skillz, a mobile games platform, and before that held senior engineering and developer roles at Walmart…
State Street hires for Nordic sales
State Street has hired Susanne Sørensen from Standard Chartered. Sørensen, who is based in Paris, will focus on sales in the Nordic region, reporting to Jochen Kühn, head of coverage for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the Nordics.
Sionic hires Matt Davey
Sionic, a UK-based consultancy firm that is part of the Davies Group, has appointed Matt Davey as a partner within its asset management practice. Davey, who has worked at State Street, J.P. Morgan and HSBC, was most recently head of UK coverage, marketing, & solutions at SGSS.
CSC appoints new Netherlands head
CSC, the U.S.-based provider of corporate and fund services, has appointed Remko Dieker as managing director of its global financial markets division, overseeing the Netherlands office. He joins from CACEIS. He reports to Jonathan Hanly, managing director, Europe, succeeding Birgitte van den Broek, who is stepping down from her leadership role but will remain as…
Sanne hires head of ops for South Africa
Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Adam Duncan as head of operations in South Africa. Before joining Sanne, he spent three years as the director for data operations of Burgiss’ South African office, where he was responsible for the overall performance and progression of the team in South Africa. He also spent 13 years at…