Category: People

BNP Paribas has appointed Joy Kiely as location head of its securities services business in Ireland. Kiely is currently head of client development for the business, based in Dublin. This move restores the position after Paul Daly moved to a new role in 2021. Derek Kehoe, who heads Ireland for BNP Paribas, took on the…

Some senior management changes at Northern Trust. Banking & treasury services is being combined with the capital markets business line, with Guy Gibson, global head of capital markets, leading the combined unit. Peter Sanchez, who was appointed head of banking and treasury services in 2022, is to leave the company. Marisa Kurk, head of the…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Judy Wang as CFO for the Americas, where she will direct the financial performance and management of IQ-EQ’s U.S. and Caribbean businesses. She takes over from departing CFO Scott Hensell, and reports to Matt Okolita, regional CEO, Americas. Following its 2022 acquisition of JGM Fund Services, IQ-EQ’s U.S. footprint…

Citi has appointed Reto Faber as EMEA head of securities services. He succeeds Maria Cantillon, who has chosen to focus on her EMEA securities services sales responsibilities. Faber, who has been at Citi for over 36 years, is currently EMEA head of custody. In his new role, he reports to David Livingstone, CEO of EMEA,…

J.P. Morgan has appointed Teresa Heitsenrether as head of a new unit, data & analytics, which will focus on AI. She is replaced as head of the securities services business by Tim Fitzgerald, currently head of global custody & fund services. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2016 from Deutsche Bank.

Michael Mekhaeel has joined Gen II Fund Services as head of depositary at Gen II Luxembourg Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mekhaeel previously spent 17 years at BBH in Luxembourg. Gen II focuses exclusively on the private capital sector, and claims to have USD900bn AuA.

Torstone Technology, a UK-based SaaS platform provider for post-trade securities and derivatives processing and risk management, has appointed Neil Mardon as CFO. He will also join Torstone’s board of directors. Mardon was previously CFO and later COO at Daiwa Capital Markets Europe.