Category: People

Pirum, the UK-based fintech, has hired Graeme Perry as business development representative. Based in London, Perry will report locally to Karl Wyborn, CCO. Previously, he spent 14 years with BNP Paribas’ securities services business, where his most recent role was director of trading strategy and relationships and head of agency lending trading EMEA.

European Depositary Bank, the Luxembourg-headquartered provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions, has appointed Cecilia Gejke as managing director and member of the executive management board, and Gilda Neiman as a member of the board of directors. As part of Apex Group, EDB is one of the largest providers of depositary services in Europe for…

HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He has spent 24 years with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, most recently as global head of issuer services. He reports to Alexis Meissner and Matt Kiraly, global co-heads of platform…

Centralis Group, Luxembourg-based provider of alternative investments and outsourced corporate services, has appointed Elizabeth Fitzgibbons as chief commercial officer. She will join the executive committee and report directly to CEO Aidan Foley. Fitzgibbons was previously head of sales for debt and capital markets at Alter Domus. She will be based in the London office.

Apex has appointed Anthony Alfonso as global head of valuation. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for product innovation and service delivery of valuation advisory services. He joins from BDO, the accountancy and advisory firm, where he was most recently global valuation leader in the international capital finance group.

Barry Johnson has joined CBRE, the real estate specialist, as head of investment accounting and reporting for the Americas. He was most recently at State Street, where he was head of real assets servicing. He joined State Street in 2012 to lead the real estate fund services lift-out from Morgan Stanley.

Torstone Technology, a SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has appointed Sam Farrell as head of North America. Based in Toronto, he will have oversight of all U.S. and Canadian operations for Torstone. Prior to joining Torstone, Farrell spent the last 35 years in Canadian financial services, most recently at Credit Suisse Canada…