Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed James Gow as chief client officer, a newly created role. He will lead the business development, marketing and client experience teams. He will sit on the Aztec group executive committee and will be based in the UK. Gow joins from JLL, the real estate firm, where he held…
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Paul McDonough joins State Street’s asset owner sales team
Paul McDonough has joined State Street as a managing director in the asset owner sales division. He joins from Northern Trust, where he spent 13 years in the corporate & institutional services group as a new business development officer within the asset servicing division.
Apex hires Ross Webber as head of Bermuda
Apex has appointed Ross Webber as managing director, Bermuda, where the firm is headquartered. Webber reports to Georges Archibald, head of Apex Americas, working alongside Graham MacDonald, director of operations for the Bermuda office.
TMF hires Kwame Lewis to head NA fund services
TMF Group, a UK-based professional services firm, has appointed Kwame Lewis as head of fund services for North America. Previously Lewis was chief financial officer for ACON Investments, a middle-market buyout private equity manager. Lewis will report to Andrew O’Shea, global head of fund services, and to Jan Willem van Drimmelen, market head for North…
BNY Mellon hires Laura Steinbach as head of Americas IM sales
BNY Mellon has hired Laura Steinbach from State Street as head of investment managers sales in the Americas for its asset servicing business, based in New York. She reports to Jane Mancini, global co-head of asset servicing sales. At State Street, she was responsible for business development with global investment managers.
StanChart announces new FSS management team
Standard Chartered has announced its senior management team for the financing and securities services unit under the joint leadership of Margaret Harwood-Jones and Emmanuel Ramambason. Highlights include: Francois Verlaine – Regional Head, FSS, ASEAN & South Asia Simon Kellaway – Regional Head, FSS, Greater China & North Asia Luke Brereton – Global Head, FSS Sales…
State Street hires Nils Hoffmann as EMEA client executive
Nils Hoffmann has joined State Street as a client executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in Frankfurt, he will report jointly to Silvio Angius, a leader of the global clients division, and Stefan Gmuer, chief executive officer for State Street International. In this role, he will be responsible for the strategic direction and…
Apex hires Barry Hindmarch for senior real estate role
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based financial services provider, has appointed Barry Hindmarch to the newly created role of head of real estate, UK & Ireland and Channel Islands. Hindmarch was previously at BlackRock, where he was a director with responsibility for managing the finance team reporting on various open and closed-ended EMEA real estate funds.
Crestbridge hires Scott Jones for client operations role
Crestbridge, a UK-based administrator, has appointed Scott Jones as a director of its client operations team. He joins from Ashburton Investments.
Northern Trust makes management appointments for ME&A
Northern Trust has made two appointments to its Middle East & Africa asset servicing business. The new positions are based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Justin Miller has been appointed head of relationship management for the Middle East & Africa. He was previously head of client management for securities lending for EMEA. Chris Dulieu has been…