Month: January 2022

Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Adam Duncan as head of operations in South Africa. Before joining Sanne, he spent three years as the director for data operations of Burgiss’ South African office, where he was responsible for the overall performance and progression of the team in South Africa. He also spent 13 years at…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of administration services, has completed the acquisition of Paraty Capital, a Brazilian fund administration platform which focuses on private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt funds. Paraty Capital has been providing independent third-party fund administration services since 2014 and has >BRL15bn AuA (USD2.6bn). TMF Group administers >EUR160bn (USD180bn) of…

Nigel Colgan has returned to the UK after a two-year spell with First Abu Dhabi Bank in Abu Dhabi. Colgan rejoins BNY Mellon, where he has spent the majority of his career, as group manager, programme & project management. The role has responsibility for the governance, oversight, execution and implementation of critical or strategic regulatory…

After several months of gardening leave, Michelle Butler has joined J.P. Morgan as head of sales, UK & Ireland, for its securities services business. Butler spent 13 years at HSBC, most recently as Europe head of business development & client management for its securities services business.

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based professional services firm, has appointed two senior managers to lead its operations in the Channel Islands. Tim Houghton has been appointed overall market head for the Channel Islands, and James Dolton has been appointed as managing director for the Guernsey business. Both are internal appointments.

Following last year’s departure of Dan Houlihan, heat of asset servicing for the Americas, Northern Trust has taken the opportunity to reorganise its U.S. business lines across asset servicing. Toby Glaysher, currently head of Global Fund Services (GFS) International, will expand his responsibilities to become president of GFS, adding the U.S. to his EMEA and…

Deutsche Bank has appointed Mathew Kathayanat (widely known as Mat Kat) as APAC head of securities services product management. He will be based in Singapore. He was most recently head of product & strategy, APAC at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, and has previously held a variety of roles with Citi in EMEA and APAC.