IDR, the private funds clearinghouse, has appointed Gray Sain as business development director, based in New York. He joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, an international law firm.
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Gen II hires European bus dev chief
Gen II Fund Services, the independent private capital administrator, has appointed Paul Spendiff as head of business development for Europe, based in London. He joins Gen II from Ocorian, where he was global head of fund sales. Earlier in 2024 Gen II completed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration…
NTRS hires senior sales manager
Northern Trust has hired Faisal Butt as a senior sales manager for EMEA, based in London. He joined from MSCI.
BNY hires in UAE
BNY has appointed Madiha Sattar as managing director and growth ventures partner, in a global role based in the United Arab Emirates. In this newly created role, Sattar joins the leadership team of BNY’s growth ventures business. Sattar joins BNY from Careem, the MENA region’s largest tech exit.
BNY hires from Goldman Sachs
BNY has hired Rajashree Datta as deputy chief risk officer. She will be a member of BNY’s ExCo, succeeding Senthil Kumar as BNY’s chief risk officer in 2025, following a transition. Datta joins BNY from Goldman Sachs where she most recently served as a partner and global head of finance risk, responsible for overseeing liquidity,…
Deutsche Börse promotes Kromann
Deutsche Börse AG’s supervisory board has appointed SimCorp CEO Christian Kromann to the executive board of Deutsche Börse AG where he will oversee the Investment Management Solutions (IMS) division. IMS is comprised of two businesses, SimCorp and ISS STOXX. SimCorp veteran and COO Georg Hetrodt will assume Kromann’s current responsibilities as CEO.
Equiom hires CRO
Equiom, the C.I. based administrator, has appointed Naveed Shah as chief risk officer. He was previously head of UK & CEEMEA compliance and operational risk at Bank of America.
Waystone appoints Cayman head
Waystone, the European provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has appointed Alaina Danley as Cayman country head. She has been at Waystone for more than 12 years.
FINBOURNE appoints Asia sales head
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Peter Edwards as head of sales for Asia, based in Singapore. He joins from Eagle Investment Systems, a BNY company.
Grande joins U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank has appointed Thomas Grande as an alternatives relationship manager in its global fund services business. He is based in Boston and joined from Aliter Investment Services.