Category: People

Taskize, the investment operations collaboration platform owned by Euroclear, has hired Ben Pielow as senior sales executive. Most recently, he was director of strategic accounts at Genesis Global, a software application development business backed by Bank of America, BNY and Citi.

Northern Trust has appointed Katie Pries as country executive for Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in Canada, based in Toronto. Pries previously served as president and CEO of Northern Trust Canada from 2020 to 2025. She succeeds Jeff Alexander, who has left Northern Trust to pursue other opportunities.

Peter Herrlin has joined the securities services business of BNP Paribas as global head of hedge fund services. Based in London, he reports to Patrick Hayes, global head of alternatives investors, securities services, and locally to Julien Kasparian, regional head for the UK and Middle East, securities services. He joins from Northern Trust.

Altum Group, a C.I.-based-provider of fund, corporate and family office solutions, has appointed Matt Philpott to the firm’s real estate team in the UK. He will support the delivery of administration and relationship management, overseeing complex portfolio transitions, ensuring consistent communication with directors, and providing oversight on structuring, governance and onboarding processes.