U.S. Bank has appointed Kai Sakstrup as chief product officer for its Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) division. Sakstrup previously served as chief strategy officer for U.S. Bank for more than six years. He joined U.S. Bank in 2015 as senior vice president of corporate strategy. He replaces Christine Waldron, who recently joined…
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Chansky joins SS&C
Neal Chansky has joined SS&C as head of the registered funds business, based in the U.S. Chansky was most recently global head of consultant relations at BNY Mellon, and previously spent 10 years at State Street.
FundGuard expands to London
FundGuard, the provider of a cloud-native SaaS investment accounting platform, has opened a London office. It has also appointed Antony Slee as sales director and Ravi Patel as sales engineering director to lead local commercial initiatives. Both Citi and State Street are investors in FundGuard.
AccessFintech appoints president & COO
AccessFintech, the provider of real time data and insights across financial markets, has appointed Gayatri Raman as president and COO, and a member of the AccessFintech board. In this role, Raman will report to co-founder and CEO Roy Saadon. She joins from Clearwater Analytics, where she was president of Europe and Asia.
Citi creates services business line
Citi had undertaken a significant reorganization of its senior management team under Jane Fraser, CEO. Amongst the changes is the creation of a Services unit, comprised of the firm’s treasury & trade solutions business (TT&S) and its securities services business, led by Okan Pekin. Shahmir Khaliq, formerly head of TT&S, heads the new unit. Prior…
New CEO for Waystone
Sanjiv Sawhney has been appointed global CEO of Waystone. He joins from Citi, where he has led global and regional investor services teams for the last 15 years, most recently as global head of client coverage, securities services. Earlier this year, Waystone abruptly parted company with Derek Delaney, CEO, Paul Cahill, COO, and Glen Magee,…
Gen II appoints group president
Gen II Fund Services, an independent private capital fund administrator with USD1trn AuA, has appointed Bob Caporale as group president. Caporale assumes this role after serving as head of corporate development for the past three years. Gen II is in the process of acquiring the private capital administration business of Crestbridge.
Jaid appoints CXO
Jaid, a provider of AI-as-a-service focused on client service automation, has appointed Lauren Hayes as chief experience officer. She was most recently head of client experience strategy and operations at FIS.
New CRO for BNY Mellon
Hollis Merritt has joined BNY Mellon as chief risk officer for the asset servicing business, and chief risk officer for the UK. She joins from Northern Trust, where she spent 17 years, most recently as chief risk officer for EMEA.
Maddock joins MUFG
Gilbert Maddock has joined MUFG Investor Services as an executive director, business development, based in New York. He previously spent six years at Citi and has also worked for BNY Mellon.