Glen Townsend, formerly senior client director at Aberdeen Standard Investments in London and Luxembourg, has become an independent senior associate of Cooper Wood & Associates, the UK-based asset servicing consultancy.
Category: People
Arti Sharma resurfaces at MJ Hudson Amaces
Arti Sharma has joined MJ Hudson Amaces, the FX and custodian benchmarking service, as a managing director, based in Canada. Sharma was one of the leading names in the North American custody industry before she stepped down from her role as president and CEO of Northern Trust Canada in 2020. She was also an executive…
Farah Ballands steps down as CEO of Ocorian
Farah Ballands has decided to step down as CEO of Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, after only a year in the job. Ocorian’s chairman, Frederik van Tuyll, will take over her responsibilities. Ballands led Estera before its acquisition by Ocorian in 2020.
David Sarfas joins Intertrust as head of private capital
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of corporate and fund services, has hired David Sarfas as head of private capital, based in New York. He joined from Cannon Hill Partners, and has also worked for MUFG Investor Services and Citco.
BNY Mellon hires two seniors for asset servicing
BNY Mellon had added two senior executives to its global asset servicing business. Neal Chansky has joined as global head of consultant relations. He will report directly to Christine Gill, head of commercial development for asset servicing. He joins from Olmstead Associates, an investment management consulting firm. Prior to this, Chansky spent over thirty years…
4Pines hires Celeste Barone as president & chief client officer
4Pines Fund Services, the U.S.-based start-up private equity administrator, has hired Celeste Barone as president and chief client officer. She joins from Commonfund, where she was CFO.
TMF bolsters fund services management team in Singapore
TMF Group, a Luxembourg-based professional services firm, has appointed two new executives to its funds business unit in Singapore. William Fung joins as head of fund services, Singapore & Malaysia, and Thurgagini (Gini) Thaverajah joins as client service director. Before joining TMF, Fung was head of operations at Alter Domus in Singapore. He will report…
IQ-EQ adds two senior managers to Cayman team
IQ-EQ has appointed James Bolton as country delivery director and Andrew Edgington as client director for the Cayman Islands. Bolton joins from Citco, whilst Edgington joins after a spell as an independent consultant. He has previously worked at Barings, Northern Trust and Gartmore.
Coremont hires Michele Deely as head of sales and client relations
Coremont, which was spun out from Brevan Howard in 2018, has hired Michele Deely as head of sales and client relations. Deely spent 17 years at IFS, a State Street company. State Street signed a deal with Coremont earlier in 2020 to provide an integrated front-to-back service for hedge fund managers.
Charles River hires Peter Adams as head of business development
Charles River Development, the OMS provider that is owned by State Street, has appointed Peter Adams as head of business development. He joins from Finomial, before which he worked for 13 years at Eze Software, a competing OMS provider that is now owned by SS&C.