Taskize, the Euroclear-owned provider of inter-company workflow solutions to the financial services industry, has hired Alan Samuel as head of sales, based in London. Samuel was most recently chief sales officer of LSE listed low-latency cloud provider Beek’s Group. Prior to this, he was an account director at Equinix.
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Opus hires BD director
Opus Fund Services, a U.S.-based fund administrator, has appointed Robert Ansell as director, business development. Ansell joins Opus from Birdsong Capital Management.
Northern Trust hires AsPac innovation head
Northern Trust has hired Alvin Chia as head of digital assets innovation for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Chia is responsible for delivering innovations aligned to Northern Trust’s digital asset strategy to clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Chia reports to Justin Chapman, global head of digital assets and financial markets. Chia was most recently the…
IQ-EQ hires Jersey risk & compliance head
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based service provider, has appointed Jon Stevens as head of risk and compliance for its Jersey business. He was most recently director of policy at the Jersey Financial Services Commission.
Manaos gets new CEO
BNP Paribas has appointed Franck Delbes as CEO of Manaos, the investment services platform connecting institutional clients to ESG data and analytics providers. The platform helps investors collect fund inventories from their asset managers for full look-through analysis of their portfolios. It also provides clients with access to ESG data and analytics providers to help…
Another defection from BBH
Sid Patel has left BBH to join J.P. Morgan as an executive director, based in Boston. He spent nearly 12 years at BBH in Boston and London, most recently as a sales & relationship manager.
SS&C hires CIO for GIDS business
Declan McCarthy has joined SS&C as CIO, global investor & distribution solutions in Europe. He is based in Dublin. McCarthy previously spent nearly 12 years at State Street, most recently as global head of IT relationship management.
HSBC shakes up M&SS management
HSBC has made major changes to the senior management team of its markets & securities services business. Following the integration of its M&SS operations teams into a single unit, HSBC has now moved to unify elements of the front office, which involves the elimination of some co-head roles. Richard Godfrey, who was co-head of securities…
BBH announces four RMs for inserv business
In the clearest signal yet that the State Street deal to acquire Brown Brothers Harriman’s investor services business in far from certain, BBH has announced four new senior relationship managers. Mariana Kelly joins from BNY Mellon where she worked as a relationship manager for Latin American clients and held roles in business development, project and…
Vistra appoints new CEO
Vistra, the Hong Kong-based fund and corporate service provider, has appointed Simon Webster as its new CEO. Based in Hong Kong, Webster will lead the business across 47 jurisdictions and will also join Vistra’s board following regulatory approval. He replaces Alan Brown, who has led Vistra since 2019. Webster was most recently group CEO of…