HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as global head of sales for the securities services business. He has had a long career with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, issuer services and, most recently, as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He replaces Alexis Meissner,…
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Slater in new role at Northern Trust
Northern Trust has appointed Michael Slater as executive, financial institutions group. Based in London, Slater is responsible for managing FI relationships across EMEA. He reports to Camie West, global head of FIG. He relocates from Riyadh, KSA, where he was executive director for ME&A.
Ocorian hires U.S. head of funds
Ocorian, the C.I.-based fund administration and corporate services provider, has hired Michael Gull as head of funds U.S. He will be based in Ocorian’s New York office. Most recently he worked for Carta and was previously at SS&C.
Aztec hires U.S. private credit head
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Todd Werner as U.S. head of private credit. He joins from Ultimus Fund Solutions where he was senior vice president of retail alternative funds.
Pirum hires for EMEA sales
Pirum, the fintech for securities finance and collateral management, has hired Jonathan Hodder to join the company’s origination sales team in EMEA. He joins from Transcend, where he led EMEA sales & business development.
IQ-EQ hires Dutch commercial director
IQ-EQ has appointed Peter van Opstal as commercial director for the Netherlands. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was commercial director and management team member at Vistra in Amsterdam.
IDR boosts U.S. management
IDR, the private funds clearinghouse, has appointed Jason Meklinsky as chief revenue officer, based in the U.S. He joins from Suntera. IDR is the investor clearinghouse for private markets, connecting over 53,000 investors with 8,400 funds and 500 managers.
SimCorp hires from CRD
SimCorp has hired Jason Pietrafitta as head of customer success for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He was previously at CRD, a State Street company.
ZEDRA appoints deputy CEO
ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based services provider, has appointed Dean Blackburn as deputy CEO. He joins from JTC, where he began in 2019 as group director to the CEO’s office. He later served as JTC’s chief commercial officer before taking up the group head of institutional client services role in 2022.
Kohli joins Pirum
Pirum, the UK-based fintech focused on securities finance and collateral management, has appointed Amit Kohli as EMEA key account management director. He joins from KPMG, where he helped to build the firm’s capital markets consulting business.