Category: People

Altum Group, a C.I.-based provider of fund, corporate, and family office solutions, has appointed Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE as its new group chair. Morrissey, a well-known figure in the investment management industry, has served in several leadership roles throughout her career, including 15 years as CEO of Newton Investment Management. She is currently chair of…

Ken Sansom has joined Citi as the head of securities services technology. He joins from Amazon Web Services. His hiring is the latest in a string of senior management acquisitions by Citi’s securities services business. These include Mary Gaspar-Hillenbrand, global head of digital first transformation; Joe Bonanno, global head of data, digital, and innovation; and…

State Street has hired Taryn Siglain as global head of enhanced custody, its principal securities lending program. Siglain will report to Gino Timperio, global head of financing solutions for the global markets business. Siglain was most recently at Morgan Stanley where she held a variety of leadership roles, including head of Americas secured funding trading…

Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed three new general partners: Thomas Davis (private banking), Christopher Gothard (investor services), and Justin Reed (private banking). Based in London, Gothard is taking on responsibility for the global markets group within the investor services division, including the FX and securities lending businesses.

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Matthew Abbott to the newly created role of global head of sales operations. He is based in the London office, reporting to Emma Crabtree, group chief commercial officer. Abbott was previously global head of sales & client enablement for HSBC’s securities services business.