ZEDRA has appointed Dean Blackburn as CEO.He joined the business as deputy CEO in 2024, He is based in Jersey.
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Gen II hires for UK
Gen II Fund Services, a U.S.-based private capital fund administrator with >USD1trn AuC/A, has appointed Matt Beresford as country head, Jersey and UK, based in Gen II’s Jersey office. He joins from Lloyds Banking Group, where he was recently country head for the Isle of Man at Lloyds Bank International.
Apex appoints COO
Apex has appointed Jeff Weiner as chief operating officer, based in the U.S. His background includes senior roles at institutions including Fiserv, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo, and most recently, Conduent.
CACEIS hires ETF specialist from BBH
Eamonn O’Callaghan has joined CACEIS as ETF group product manager, based in Ireland. He has 25 years’ experience within the financial services industry, most of which has been working with ETF issuers. He previously held the position of head of European ETF product with Brown Brothers Harriman and prior to this worked with BNY, HSBC…
SimCorp appoints new CCO
SimCorp, the fintech owned by Deutsche Börse, has promoted Dean McIntyre to the role of chief commercial officer. He will continue to report to Oliver Johnson, chief revenue officer. McIntyre joined SimCorp in 2023 as director of strategy and then served as the company’s global head of commercial.
Shah to quit BNY
Akash Shah, chief growth officer and head of growth ventures at BNY, has announced that he is stepping down to pursue new opportunities. He spent seven years at BNY under three different CEOs.
Centralis hires new CCO
Centralis Group has appointed Maarten Heukshorst as chief commercial officer, based in London. He was previously at a fintech.
Aztec hires new chairman
Aztec Group has appointed Sean Hagerty, former chief executive of Vanguard Europe, as chair, based in London. During a 27-year career at Vanguard, he most recently served for eight years as managing director and head of Vanguard Europe.
NTRS hires for OCIO role
Northern Trust has appointed Kate McCabe to lead the OCIO strategy for its asset servicing business unit. In this newly established role, McCabe will be responsible for developing strategic relationships with outsourced chief investment officer firms and the associated investment consultant community. She will report to Melanie Pickett, head of asset servicing, Americas. McCabe was…
Tully joins Aztec
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Andrew Tully as director – private credit, based in Jersey. He joins from CVC Credit, where he most recently served as head of portfolio management – direct lending. Prior to that, he led origination and structured finance teams at Santander and held senior acquisition finance roles across Lloyds Banking…