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JTC has expanded its commercial office with the appointment of David Gilchrist as director. Based in London, he will focus on the expansion of its banking, treasury and investments offering into new markets. He will also help shape new initiatives such as JTC’s custody and insurance propositions.

Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Craig Buick and Yegor Lanovenko as co-chief executive officers, subject to regulatory approval. They replace Chantal Free, who joined in 2023. Buick joined Ocorian in 2024 as CFO and Lanovenko joined in 2021 and was most recently co-head of the fund services business.

Saphyre has hired Damian Handzy as COO. Prior to joining Saphyre, he was managing director of analytics at Confluence Technologies, where he led the performance, risk and reporting businesses. He replaces Ray Shivers, who joined in 2022 from BlackRock. He will take on a new role as chief partnership officer, focused on expanding and strengthening…

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.