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,…
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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.
DTCC hires from BlackRock
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 appoints Africa head
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 hires senior managers
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 hires CPO
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…