Category: People

Pirum, the fintech focused on the securities finance and collateral management sector, has hired Andrew Miller as head of origination, NAM, and Charlie Wallis as director of origination, EMEA. Based in New York, Miller joins Pirum from AccessFintech. Wallis, based in London, joins from LSEG.

Struan Malcolm has joined BNP Paribas’ securities services business as head of Nordic sales & client coverage for institutional investors. Malcolm, who is based in Stockholm, spent nearly 12 years at Northern Trust before joining Fundrella in 2023.

SEI has appointed Jeff Benfield as chief product officer, reporting to Zach Womack, chief technology officer, Benfield will lead SEI’s enterprise product strategy, development, and execution. He was previously head of platform strategy and operations for SEI’s asset management business.

U.S. Bank has formed a new business enablement team within its wealth, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking operations. It is responsible for ensuring alignment, communication and execution of strategic initiatives between operations and internal business lines, while also serving as strategic liaison between WCIBO and external industry stakeholders such as banks, fintech partners and industry…

BNY has appointed Phillip (Bongkyun) Suh as Korea country manager and Seoul branch manager, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds Hyon Joo Park, who will retire in March after more than six years at BNY. He joins from Samsung Asset Management, where he was CEO.