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Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund administration for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Michael Janiszewski as COO. He reports to Doug Hart, Alter Domus CEO, and joins the executive board. He was most recently COO for BNY Mellon’s securities services and digital business.

Lou Maiuri, president, COO and head of investment services, will leave State Street by early 2024. Effective January 1, 2024, Ron O’Hanley, chairman and CEO, will assume the office of the president (in addition to his current roles as chairman and chief executive officer) and responsibility for investment services, State Street’s largest business. Mostapha Tahiri,…

SEI has appointed Stephanie Miller to its board of directors. She joins executive chairman Al West and current directors Jonathan Brassington, William Doran, Carl Guarino, CEO Ryan Hicke, Kathryn McCarthy, and Carmen Romeo. In addition to her board responsibilities, Miller will serve as a member of the audit and legal and regulatory oversight committees. Miller…

RBC Investor Services has hired Simon Hirtenstein as managing director, middle office. He joins from  from J.P. Morgan’s securities services business, where he was in charge of the middle office product. At RBC, he will oversee the growth and enhancement of the end-to-end middle office capability in Canada.

Saphyre, the U.S.-based fintech specialising in the post-trade space, has appointed Gerhard Kronsteiner as head of client solutions. Kronsteiner, who is based in the UK, has been an advisor to the Saphyre board for the last two years, and previously spent seven years at BNP Paribas, most recently as global head of operational excellence for…

Universal Investment Group, the European fund services provider, has appointed Francesca McDonagh as its new group CEO. David Blumer, who has been leading the business as the interim group CEO for the past five months, will continue as chairman. She replaces Michael Reinhard, who left in May. McDonagh was most recently COO of Credit Suisse…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of compliance and administrative services, has appointed Lilian Huang as market head of China and Taiwan. She will also serve as a member of the APAC executive committee. Before joining TMF, she held leadership roles at J.P. Morgan, Citi and GE Capital. Huang reports to Shagun Kumar, regional head of…

Simone Vroegop has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of investment managers, based in London. She replaces Mark Moor, who is retiring. Vroegop reports to Irene Speridakos, global head of investment managers. She was previously at BBH, where she led strategy for the investor services business, and also spent nearly 15 years at State Street.