Vistra, the Asia-based provider of global trust, fund administration and corporate services, has appointed Jervis Smith as country managing director of Luxembourg. Smith will be responsible for leading Vistra’s Luxembourg office and growing the business, as well as the Vistra office in The Netherlands. Vistra has nearly 250 staff in Luxembourg, its second largest operation…
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Northern Trust hires Gil Platteau for Switzerland client role
Northern Trust has appointed Gil Platteau to the senior leadership team in Switzerland. Based in the Basel office, Platteau will manage key client relationships with Swiss pension funds and insurance companies. Platteau was most recently at Mercer Delegated Solutions, where he was country head of Switzerland.
Mercatus adds Jeff Conway to board
Mercatus, a technology provider to alternative investors and asset managers with USD540bn on its platform, has appointed Jeff Conway to its board of directors. Before leaving State Street earlier this year, Conway was head of global delivery and business transformation, having spent 30 years at the firm.
Alter Domus hires three new country executives
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed three new country executives in Europe, all reporting to George Rologis, head of EMEA. Mark Gebauer has been appointed country executive for Germany. He was an associate partner at Ernst and Young. Therese Wijnen has been appointed country executive for the Netherlands. She joins…
Aztec hires Keith Mallet for corporate services team in Jersey
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Keith Mallet to its corporate services team in Jersey. He joins the corporate services leadership team and will oversee a number of client relationship teams providing company secretarial, administration and accounting services to corporate structures, including fund vehicles, SPVs, trusts, co-invest vehicles, listed funds, MOMEs and management incentive…
Ocorian hires three managers in Luxembourg
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has made three appointments in Luxembourg. Susana Carvalho joins as associate director, head of funds operations. She was previously head of operations at a Luxembourg-based alternative investment fund manager. Emmanuelle Poret joins as head of client onboarding. She previously led the client relationship management department for Arendt Services. Rachel Aguirre joins…
BNY Mellon strengthens EMEA private markets team
BNY Mellon has strengthened its EMEA private markets team with the appointments of Greg Kok and Robert Burchett-Coates. Kok joins as director, private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure, and will be based in Luxembourg. He was previously at Maitland, where he was head of management company services. Based in London, Burchett-Coates joins as director,…
Northern Trust boosts TM business with two hires In Australia
Northern Trust has made two appointments in its capital markets business. Mat Cook has been appointed to lead Northern Trust’s transition management offering across Asia-Pacific, based in its Sydney office. Cook joins from State Street, where he worked for the past nine years as a transition manager. Rob Dixon joins the transition management team in…
Northern Trust appoints Grace Hayman for senior ANZ SL role
Northern Trust has appointed Grace Hayman as senior relationship manager for its securities lending business in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Hayman will also be responsible for leading securities lending business development activities across the region. Hayman was most recently based in Northern Trust’s Singapore office where she managed the Southeast Asian securities…
Doug Guzman appointed group executive for RBC I&TS
Following the departure of Harry Samuel, the CEO of RBC Investor & Treasury Services, Francis Jackson has assumed the newly created role of CEO of the investor services business globally. Jackson initially reports to Doug McGregor, CEO of RBC Capital Markets and group head, RBC Capital Markets and RBC I&TS. Following McGregor’s retirement in January…