IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Lyons O’Keeffe to the newly created position of ESG director. He will be responsible for driving forward the next phase of IQ-EQ’s ESG service offering for clients, including enhanced ESG reporting and supporting clients with launching new ESG strategies, particularly across alternative asset classes. He joins from Legal &…
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BNY Mellon appoints head of global client management
BNY Mellon has hired Ed Fandrey as head of global client management. Based in New York, he will report to Akash Shah, BNY Mellon’s chief growth officer. He was most recently president of national sales and marketing at LPL Financial, a retail investment advisory firm, and previously spent two decades at Microsoft, latterly as vice…
Equiom hires new CEO
Equiom, the C.I.-based professional services provider, has appointed Jon Jennings as its new group CEO. He joins from JTC plc where he was group head of institutional client services. His appointment follows the recent announcement that funds managed by Alcentra have become the new majority owners of the group, and the appointment of Farah Ballands…
IDR hires veteran bus dev director
Stu Williams has joined IDR as business development director. Based in Boston, he will be responsible for the growth of IDR’s North American business. IDR provides a central, globally accepted and standardised way for private capital investors to onboard.
Aztec hires for banking & treasury
Paul Clohesy has joined Aztec Group as head of banking and treasury, based in its Jersey office. He joins from JTC, where he was treasury director.
Alison Manley joins U-I’s Ireland board
Alison Manley has joined the Ireland board of Universal Investment, the Germany-based administrator, as an independent non-executive director and chair. She has over 25 years’ experience developing funds and financial products and is an experienced non-executive director of Irish regulated UCITS, AIFs and ManCos. Manley established and was CEO of Goodbody Fund Management, a Super…
Apex appoints chief risk officer
Andrew Jones has been appointed chief risk officer for Apex Group. He previously held the same role at Sanne, which Apex acquired earlier this year. He is based in Jersey, C.I.
Teschner to retire from BNY Mellon
Charles Teschner, co-CEO of BNY Mellon’s data & platform solutions business, is to retire at the end of October. Teschner, who joined in 2019 from BCG, was instrumental in advancing the bank’s data strategy and implementation. Mark McKeon, his co-CEO, will continue in that role. In a statement, BNY Mellon said: “BNY Mellon thanks Charles…
Gen II hires two seniors from Citco
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Nikolaos Perros as chief operating officer and Ishita Shah as chief commercial officer. Most recently, Perros was head of private equity at Citco Fund Services. Shah also joins from Citco, where she was head of private equity, North America. Gen II has…
Gorman steps down from U.S. Bank
Linda Gorman has stepped down from her role as CEO of U.S. Bank Global Fund Services – Europe. She joined U.S. Bank following its acquisition of Quintillion in 2013. Gorman will be replaced by Ken Somerville, currently COO.