BNY Mellon has appointed Cathinka Wahlstrom as chief commercial officer. In this capacity, she will lead the bank’s Global Client Management function, and will also take on a leadership role for coordinating and maximising the contributions of its sales and relationship management teams across the company. Ed Fandrey, who was hired as head of global…
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JTC appoints new CEO of INDOS
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Abi Holland as CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based provider of fund depositary and oversight services which JTC acquired in2021.She takes over the role from Alan Davies, who will continue to work with INDOS until his retirement.
Dale Smith to retire from U.S. Bank
After a distinguished 45-year career with U.S. Bank, Dale Smith is to retire. He is currently head of the Wealth Management & Investment Services Transformation Office, and has overseen the migration of its custody business to the SEI Wealth platform. During his storied career he led expansion of the trust & custody business from USD400bn…
Crestbridge hires Ireland compliance head
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has appointed Paul Phelan as head of risk & compliance in Ireland. He will be responsible for risk, compliance and MLRO for Ireland. He was previously with Link Group.
Yealand appoints head of operations
Darren Hay has been appointed as head of operations at Yealand Fund Services, a UK-based administrator. Prior to joining Yealand, he worked at Columbia Threadneedle, Zurich Assurance, St James’s Place and, most recently, at Brunel Pension Partnership.
Citi confirms new Benelux chief
As previously reported, Citi has now confirmed that Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino has joined as the new head of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux) for securities services. Before a brief spell at Next Gate Tech, Gramuglia was at State Street where he was CEO and country head of Luxembourg. He replaces Larissa Sototskaya, who has moved…
SS&C hires from ICI for compliance role
SS&C has hired Joanne Kane as chief compliance officer for SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) in the U.S. She will lead efforts to identify and support the complex compliance and risk management needs of SS&C’s registered fund clients in the U.S. Kane joins SS&C from the Investment Company Institute, an industry association representing…
BNY Mellon hires new custody chief
BNY Mellon has hired Ryan Cuthbertson as global head of custody services. He reports to Emily Portney, CEO of asset servicing. Cuthbertson was most recently head of product for custody and clearing at Standard Chartered. Cuthbertson replaces Caroline Butler, who will now focus on her role as CEO of digital assets. Butler has been running…
Goji appoints new operations director
Goji, the FCA regulated, UK-based fintech that offers investors digital access to alternative investments, has named Clémence Chorlay as its new operations director. Based in London, Chorlay was most recently fund operations manager at Moonfare, a digital investment platform for private equity. She also formerly worked at Euroclear, which acquired Goji in 2022.
Suntera adds to finance team
Suntera Global, the Isle of Man-based administrator with USD35bn AuA, has promoted Alex Noel to chief financial officer and hired Tom Cope as group head of finance. Noel was previously director of mergers and acquisitions, whilst Cope was previously head of finance at Sanne, the Apex-owned administrator.