Francis Giglio has been appointed as Hong Kong chief executive for BNY Mellon. He takes on this role in addition to his responsibilities as global head of relationship management for depositary receipts. He joined BNY Mellon in 2016.
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Zodia hires sales head for Europe & MENA
Zodia Custody has appointed Gary Afentakis as head of sales for Europe & MENA. He was previously at Matrixport.
Lucy Cazenove joins HornbyChapman
HornbyChapman, the UK-based asset servicing recruiter, has appointed Lucy Cazenove as a director of the firm, effective immediately. Before taking a career break, Cazenove worked for 10 years at Alexandra International, an executive search firm specialising in the global transaction banking sector, and also spent four years at Arq International.
SGSS hires sales director for France
David Lachkar has joined Société Générale Securities Services as institutional sales director for France. He previously spent nearly 13 years at CACEIS. Based in Paris, he reports to Stéphanie Gaudoux, SGSS head of coverage for France and Continental Europe.
TMF hires global head of cap markets
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of compliance and administrative services, has appointed Cliff Pearce as global head of capital markets. Pearce joins from Intertrust, where he was global head of capital markets services. He reports to Daniel Max, head of global solutions.
Saphyre adds to board
Saphyre, the pre- and post-trade fintech platform, has appointed FinTech AI CEO, Wolfgang Koester, to its board of directors. Koester was the former chief evangelist & global head of financial institutions at Kyriba and, prior to that, CEO and co-founder of FiREapps.
Vistra hires C.I. MD
Vistra, the Asia-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Jonathan Ferrara as managing director for the Channel Islands. He will have full responsibility for the leadership and strategic development of Vistra’s C.I. offices, which provide real estate and private equity services as well as wealth management solutions. Ferrara has held senior roles at Bank…
BNY Mellon appoints head of international ops
BNY Mellon has expanded the brief of Francis Braeckevelt as head of international operations, adding LatAm to his existing responsibility for EMEA and APAC. He reports to Richard Gordon, the recently appointed global head of operations. Braeckevelt, who is based in Singapore, will be replaced as Singapore chief executive by Winnie Chen, who takes on…
Hazeltree appoints CTO
Hazeltree, the U.S.-based provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Richard Winter as chief technology officer. He joins from Finastra (formerly MISYS), where he was head of technology global services. Prior to Finastra, he spent more than 14 years at Capgemini Financial Services UK. Winter will report…
SG makes high-level changes
Société Générale has announced major changes at the senior management level. David Abitbol, who has led SGSS since 2019, is appointed head of global transaction & payment services, effective July 1, 2023, replacing Alexandre Maymat, who becomes head of group inspection & audit. Arnaud Jacquemin is appointed head of securities services, replacing David Abitbol. His…