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.
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UBS hires from HSBC
John Worden has joined UBS as head of custody & post trade strategy, based in the UK. He was previously a senior product manager at HSBC.
Apex appoints head of Dallas
Apex has appointed Pamela Goldminz as office head, Dallas. She joined Apex in 2022 following the acquisition of Texas-based SandsPoint Capital Advisors LLC, a provider of advisory and consultancy services to alternative asset managers.
Crestbridge hires two for Lux
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has made two appointments in its Luxembourg office. Teodora Croitoru has joined as head of compliance, fund services, while Emmanuelle Poret has taken on the role of head of client onboarding, fund services & ManCo. Croitoru joins from Intertrust, and Poret was previously at Ocorian.
SimCorp hires from Northern Trust
J.R. Bogan has joined SimCorp as head of investment operations. Bogan spent 17 years at Northern Trust, most recently as a senior product manager for its investment operations business.
Equity Trustees appoints new head of super trustee services
Equity Trustees, the Australia-based independent trustee company, has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of the superannuation trustees services business. He replaces Mark Blair, who oversaw the growth of funds under supervision from AUD1bn (USD690m) to AUD40bn (USD28bn) over the five years he was in the role. Blair will continue to work with the…
Apex appoints Jersey head
Apex has appointed Alice Read as country head, Jersey. She will report to James Burke, regional head of Northern Europe and Channel Islands. Read joined Apex in 2021 as commercial director. She previously held roles with Intertrust as director of corporate services, Jersey and managing director, Dubai.
Waystone appoints new CRO
Waystone, the Ireland-based service provider to the investment management industry, has appointed Des Johnson as global chief revenue officer. Johnson, who is based in the U.S., was previously CEO for The Americas at Centaur, which Waystone recently acquired. Johnson joined Centaur in 2017 after a long career at Citi and a brief spell at SS&C.
Jaid adds top talent to board
Kelly Mathieson has joined Jaid’s board of directors. UK-based Jaid is an Al-powered automation platform that extracts critical data from all company and client communications across all channels. It analyses and organises the data into meaningful, actionable insights and integrates with existing systems and workflows. Mathieson spent 26 years at J.P. Morgan in a variety…
ID-Pal appoints chair
ID-Pal, the UK-based identity verification provider, has appointed Tim Murphy as the new independent chair of its board of directors. An early investor in ID-Pal, Murphy has sat on the board as a non-executive member since 2017 and his current position is principal director at Guacamole Partners Limited, an M&A advisory firm. The appointment comes…