BNY Mellon continues to build out its digital senior management team, announcing three new hires. Hadley Stern joins as global head of digital custody, responsible for overseeing business and product development for the digital custody offering. He was most recently head of Amazon Web Services’ innovation labs. He will report to Caroline Butler, head of…
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Laura Hazzard joins Sanne
Laura Hazzard has joined Sanne as a director within the private equity division in Jersey, C.I. She was previously at Apex.
Margarita Murray joins Citco
Margarita Murray, who left the industry in 2018 after working for Standard Chartered and HSBC in the U.S., has joined Citco as a senior relationship manager, based in New York.
CSC expands fund operations in Lux
CSC, a U.S.-based provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, has expanded its operations in Luxembourg by securing new fund administration and depositary licences and adding two executives to help lead its growth in the market. Pierre Mifsud joins from Edmond de Rothschild as managing director for depositary services for CSC Global Financial…
Paul Bishop joins J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan has hired another re-tread from Deutsche Bank. Paul Bishop has joined as head of U.S. direct custody, having held a similar role at Deutsche Bank.
Duncan Christie joins Gen II in Luxembourg
Gen II Fund Services, the specialist private assets administrator which has USD600bn AuA, has appointed Duncan Christie as head of operations and client services and a member of the executive committee in Luxembourg. He joins from IFDS in Luxembourg, where he was COO, responsible for operations, client service, business transformation, and research & development.
SGSS appoints co-heads to replace Christophe Baurand
After more than six years in the job, Christophe Baurand has stepped down from his role at Société Générale Securities Services as head of coverage, marketing and solutions. SGSS has appointed co-heads to replace him: Alexandra Chauvel and Gildas Le Treut. Based in Paris, they will join the SGSS executive committee, reporting to David Abitbol,…
Archer adds John Lehner to board
Archer, a service provider to the investment management industry, has appointed John Lehner as a member of its board of directors. Lehner has previously worked at State Street, BNY Mellon and Eagle Investment Systems.
Ocorian hires new head of global funds
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired Garrett Breen as head of global funds. Based in Dublin, he reports to Mike Hughes, Ocorian’s global head of service lines and business development. He joins from J. P. Morgan, where he led the hedge fund services business.
Ultimus hires senior ETF specialist
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has hired Michael Prendergast as SVP, ETF senior product specialist. Prendergast has previously worked at State Street and J.P. Morgan in senior ETF-related roles. Ultimus reports that, since the beginning of 2020, it has doubled the number of ETFs it services.