First Abu Dhabi Bank has announced a number of hires for its securities services business. Francis Dassou joined as managing director. He spent 13 years at HSBC, eight in Luxembourg, and latterly in the MENA region as head of securities services, Bahrain, and regional head of global custody and fund services, MENAT. Dassou is responsible…
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SGSS appoints Bryan Fage as head of sales and RM in Lux
SGSS has appointed Bryan Fage as head of sales and client relationship management in Luxembourg. Fage, who joined SGSS Luxembourg’s sales team in 2017, will report locally to Mathieu Maurier, country head for SGSS in Luxembourg, and functionally to Gildas le Treut, global head of coverage.
Fritz Bruinings joins CACEIS in the Netherlands as bus dev mgr
CACEIS has appointed Frits Bruinings as business development manager in the Netherlands. Bruinings previously worked for InAdmin Riskco as a sales manager.
BP2S appoints Denis Bon as head of the Americas
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Dennis Bon as head of the Americas. He will be based in New York and will report to Alessandro Gioffreda, head of territory management. Bon was previously head of depositary and fiduciary services at BP2S, based in Paris. He joined the bank in 2018 from J.P. Morgan’s corporate and…
Apex makes senior appointments in Luxembourg
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based administrator, has made three senior appointments in Luxembourg. Frederic Bilas joins as COO – Luxembourg, following a decade as director of operations at European Fund Administration. Bilas will report directly to group COO, Chris Mulhern. Ramón van Heusden also joins the Luxembourg team as head of real estate. This appointment follows…
SS&C appoints co-heads of Advent as Robert Roley departs
SS&C has appointed Karen Geiger and Steve Leivent as co-heads of SS&C Advent. Geiger will manage the SS&C Advent asset management and alternatives solutions portfolio. She most recently led a team of 300 technologists as chief development officer. Leivent will manage SS&C Advent’s advisory focused business which includes more than 2,000 clients using several solutions,…
Archer hires Diana Russillo as director of product & technology
Archer, a U.S.-based technology services provider to the asset management industry, has hired Diana Russillo in a newly created role as director of product & technology. Joining from Cartesian, Russillo will work with asset managers to accelerate technology-related aspects of their growth plans, manage select testing aspects of Archer’s continuous-deployment technology process, and assist clients…
Gen II adds Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to Luxembourg board
Gen II Luxembourg Services SARL, the Luxembourg-based business of Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private equity administrator, has added Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to its board of directors. Dobbins is the CEO and founder of Sage Advisory, s.a.r.l, an advisory firm, and was formerly CEO & country head for State Street’s European and…
SANNE appoints Catherine Law to head Asia bus dev
SANNE, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as head of business development for Asia. Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law joins from Apex, where she was head of sales for alternative fund services in greater China.
Rod Cooper and Tim Wood launch new consulting firm
Two veterans of the asset servicing industry, Rod Cooper and Tim Wood, have launched a UK-based consulting practice, Cooper Wood & Associates. The aim of the business, which will focus on the asset servicing sector, is to add measurable financial improvements to clients’ businesses. Cooper Wood will consult on operational and supplier efficiencies, revenue protection,…