State Street has appointed Sarah Salih as EVP and head of North America for its investment services business. Salih is based in Boston and reports to Joerg Ambrosius, president of State Street Investment Services. She joins from HSBC Securities (USA), where she was most recently head of regional coverage, Americas.
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Citco appoints RE co-heads
Citco, the asset-servicing provider to the alternative investment sector, has appointed Michelle Clements and Joep Hamers as co-heads of real assets, Citco Fund Services. Clements, based in North America, joined Citco in 2022 as the head of North America real assets. Prior to joining Citco, she was with BNY for seven years as head of…
Pekin to leave Citi
After 35 years with Citi, the last 11 as global head of securities services, Okan Pekin is leaving the bank. It is understood that he will take some time off and that he is not moving to a competitor. In the meantime, issuer services will report directly to Shahmir Khaliq, head of services, whilst a…
Osman joins Waystone
Ali Osman has joined Waystone as head of product pricing and leads global pricing strategy. Before joining Waystone he was product manager for institutional investors at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, he held a combination of product solutions, strategy and financial management roles in both the UAE and the UK for Citi’s custody and fund…
Guerin moves to new role at SG
Mathilde Guerin, one of the superstars of the SGSS senior management team, has left the business to take a new role as deputy head of cash clearing & correspondent banking. Guerin joined SGSS in 2011, and was most recently global head of product engineering. SGSS recently appointed Gaëlle Duclos (another superstar) as deputy head.
Apex appoints CPO
Apex has appointed Zion Hilelly as its new chief product officer, based in New York. Hilelly will lead the transformation of the product team, focusing on driving product innovation, accountability and P&L. Prior to joining Apex, Hilelly was the head of operations and managed services within S&P Global. Hilelly is BlackRock veteran, having worked at…
Imperium hires head of UK funds
Imperium, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Gareth Davies as managing director, UK funds, based in London, He was previously at Waystone.
Langham Hall hires for Lux
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has added two senior managers in Luxembourg. Ian Kent joins from State Street as head of fund administration – Luxembourg, and Brian Campion comes in from CSC as head of commercial – Luxembourg.
UI hires new head of Lux
Universal Investment Group (UI), the Germany-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed Jeremy Albrecht as its new CEO for Luxembourg. In this role, he will be responsible for heading UI’s Luxembourg platform, which consists of both UI Luxembourg, the largest AIFM and third party ManCo in Luxembourg, and fund administrator UI efa. He…
SGSS appoints deputy CEO
SGSS has appointed Gaelle Duclos as deputy head, based in Paris. She was previously global head of banking and fund services operations.