FundGuard, the cloud-native investment accounting platform that has been adopted by Citi and State Street, has appointed Simon Behan as chief commercial officer. He has previously held commercial leadership roles at Finbourne, Ocorian, Virtus Partners, Deutsche Bank and BNY.
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Broadridge hires Street
Broadridge has appointed Richard Street as head of international sales. Based in London, he will report to Mike Sleightholme, president of Broadridge International. Prior to joining Broadridge, Street was chief revenue officer & head of business development at a portfolio of specialist fintechs, and has also worked at at RBC Investor and Treasury Services, and…
Aztec appoints Sheriff as CRO/COO
Aztec has appointed Akbar Sheriff to its ExCo as chief client success officer and chief operating officer, based in London. He was most recently president and global chief operating officer at Coremont, a provider of cloud-based investment management technology, and previously held roles at McKinsey and State Street.
Aztec hires Timmons
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Margaret Timmons as global client relationship lead, based in New York. Most recently, she was global strategic account manager at the London Stock Exchange Group, where she led global client relationships across asset management, product & data services.
Fenergo appoints COO
Fenergo, the fintech focused on client lifecycle management and financial crime compliance solutions, has appointed Hishaam Caramanli as president and chief operating officer. Reporting to CEO Marc Murphy, Caramanli previously worked at ION Markets, UBS and Morgan Stanley.
SpireBay adds to leadership team
SpireBay Financial, the Ireland-based consulting firm supporting asset managers, service providers and technology clients, has appointed several industry experts to its team across the UK, U.S. and Ireland. Neil Clifford was most recently CEO of Carne’s Irish fund management company. Chip McKernan joins from SEI Investments, where he held multiple senior leadership roles across the…
Saphyre hires from BlackRock
Saphyre, the fintech that automates pre-trade onboarding processes and post-trade data management, has hired Jason Strofs as a senior relationship manager. He has more than 25 years of experience at BlackRock, including roles as managing director, deputy global head of securities lending, and global head of product & business strategy for securities lending,
Purves steps down from Aztec
Sean Hagerty, who has served on the Aztec Group board as chair since June 2025, will take on the role of executive chairman and interim CEO as Kathryn Purves steps down. Aztec Group is a C.I.-based provider of private markets services. Hagerty is a former chief executive of Vanguard Europe.
FundBank reshuffles in Cayman
FundBank, the banking solutions provider, has made two senior appointments in its Cayman operations. Jerome Ebanks, who has been with the bank since 2023, moves into the role of CEO, Albert Chin will assume the role of COO, having been with FundBank since its inception.
SimCorp adds two senior managers in APAC
SimCorp, the fintech owned by Deutsche Börse Group, has added two managers to its APAC leadership team. Jesper Tyrer joins as head of sales, APAC. Prior to SimCorp, he spent eight years at BlackRock, most recently as head of APAC Aladdin business development. Medi Tuku joins as head of solutions engineering, APAC. Most recently, he…