Category: People

DTCC has appointed Michael Winnike as managing director, clearing & securities services (CSS), strategy and market solutions. He reports to Brian Steele, managing director, president, CSS. Winnike has nearly 20 years of industry experience, most recently as director, market structure, at BlackRock.

Apex has appointed Robert Walton as head of ManCo services – Africa. He joined Apex through its acquisition of Boutique Collective Investments and Boutique Investment Partners in 2023. His remit will now include being CEO of Fundrock Management Company.

Montis Group, the Luxembourg-based fintech focused on the development of DLT-based post-trade solutions, has hired Steve Smith as COO. He previously served as COO at Linear Investments. Terry Gibson also joins as head of product. His previous roles include head of post trade solutions at LSEG Technology, head of product management at SGX, executive director…

Waystone, the Europe-based provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has appointed Pervaiz Panjwani as chief product officer. Prior to joining Waystone, Panjwani was at Citi, where he held several global and regional senior roles across product, sales and relationship strategy in asset servicing, including co-global head of fund services, where he…

Euroclear has appointed Nils Jean-Mairet as CFO, completing the ExCo under the new group CEO, Valérie Urbain .He joins from McKinsey & Company where he most recently led the European financial services principal investors practice. He succeeds Bernard Frenay, who has been appointed to a newly established role as the CEO of European Assets.

Ultimus Fund Solutions has hired several new senior managers. Jessica Chase joins as SVP, relationship management. She was previously at Apex. Lance Christofferson joins from SS&C as SVP, retail alternatives transfer agent. Kerric Kynard joins from ACA Group as SVP, business development. Jennifer Myers joins from Citi as SVP, fund accounting.

Universal Investment Group, the Europe-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has scored a major coup with the appointment of Ronan Doyle as chief product officer. Doyle joins from CACEIS, where he was global head of product management, based in Dublin, having transferred from RBC following the takeover. U-I has also promoted André Jaeger to…