STP Investment Services, a U.S.-based investment services provider with >USD400bn AuA, has hired David Whitaker as head of strategy & corporate development. Prior to STP Investment Services, Whitaker served for 16 years as president of Foreside Financial Group and, following its 2022 merger with ACA Group, the global services leader. He led the sale of…
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BNY Mellon hires head of digital assets product
BNY Mellon has hired Max de Guillebon as head of digital assets product. He recently stepped down as CEO of Zodia Custody, the UK-headquartered digital assets custodian owned by SC Ventures in association with Northern Trust.
IQ-EQ appoints new Americas CEO
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Matt Okolita as regional CEO, Americas. He was previously global head of outsourced business services. As part of this planned leadership transition he will take over the role from Mark Fordyce, who will remain as non-executive chairman of IQ-EQ Americas. Okolita will report to Mark Pesco, group CEO of…
Universal Investment appoints COO
Universal Investment Group has appointed Etienne Rougier as COO. He will be responsible for technology, operations and change management. Rougier’s appointment will see the C-suite expand, which currently consists of CEO Michael Reinhard, chief customer officer Katja Müller and chief regulatory officer Frank Eggloff. Rougier joins from AllianceBernstein where he spent almost 10 years in…
U.S. Bank adds to Kedia’s role
Jim Kelligrew, vice chair of corporate and commercial banking at U.S. Bank, will be retiring from the company on June 30. Gunjan Kedia will assume an expanded leadership role, overseeing a combined wealth management and investment services and corporate and commercial banking organisation. Kedia is a company vice chair and has been with U.S. Bank,…
SimCorp appoints EMEA MD
SimCorp has appointed Ralf Schmücker as managing director of EMEA. He began his career with SimCorp in 1999. From 2012 to 2020, he served as managing director of the DACH region.
Suntera hires from JFSC
Suntera Global, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Kathryn Wilkinson as head of operations, based in Jersey. She joins from the Jersey Financial Services Commission, where she was director of central operations.
U.S. Bank hires GFS president
U.S. Bank has appointed Jay Martin as president, global fund services. Martin will join the senior leadership team of U.S. Bank’s Wealth Management and Investment Services (WMIS) division. He will be based in Milwaukee. The position has been vacant since Joe Neuberger left in late 2022. Christine Waldron, chief product officer for WMIS, has been…
Deely joins SEI in global role
Michele Deely has joined SEI as head of global solutions, based in Ireland. She was most recently at Coremont, and previously spent 17 years at IFS/State Street.
Accelex appoints CCO
Accelex, a fintech with an SaaS platform specialising in alternative investment data acquisition, reporting and analytics, has appointed David Watts to its management team as chief commercial officer, reporting to Michael Aldridge, president and chief revenue officer. He was most recently CRO and global head of research at CreditSights before it was sold to Fitch…