Category: People

The supervisory board of Deutsche Börse AG has appointed Stephanie Eckermann as a new member of the executive board. As of 1 June, she will be leading the newly formed post-trading division, comprised of the securities services and fund services businesses with Clearstream. Eckermann has been managing director at Deutsche Börse Group since 2020. She…

Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian that is partly backed by Nomura, has appointed Neil Batchelor as global head of partnerships. Batchelor will be responsible for leading partnerships globally, further enhancing existing infrastructure and service provider collaborations, and driving new strategic partnerships across the digital assets and institutional securities servicing ecosystems. He joins Komainu from…

Apex has appointed Ken Fullerton as global head of operational transformation, based in New York. He will lead the operational delivery and improvement team focusing on client-driven technology and business process initiatives and improvements. He will also oversee the global service centres. Fullerton previously spent nearly 20 years at SS&C GlobeOp.

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for KYC, transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management, has appointed Ruth Ormsby as managing director of EMEA, based in London. Ormsby joined from Salesforce, where she served as a senior vice president for the UK and Ireland.

Gen II Fund Services has appointed Richard Browne as head of client service – Luxembourg. He joins Gen II having most recently served as deputy CEO and head of private asset fund administration at Credit Suisse Fund Services Luxembourg. The appointment follows the recent completion of Gen II’s acquisition of Crestbridge’s private equity and real…

BNY Mellon has appointed Kunio Watanabe as Japan country executive and representative for its Tokyo branch. He is responsible for leading the BNY Mellon business in Japan and will be a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Council. He joins from Nomura, where he most recently held the role of executive chairman of Nomura Holding…

Oak Group, a C.I.-based provider of international funds, private client and corporate services, has appointed Zoubeir Khatib as managing director, Mauritius. He previously led the business development unit for Apex in Mauritius and Africa. He replaces Paul Schreibke as he approaches retirement.