Kneip, the Luxembourg-based fund data management company owned by Deutsche Börse, has appointed Elisa Alonso Sanz as the company’s new CEO, effective 1 July 2024. She takes over from Enrique Sacau, who has been CEO of Kneip since 2020, and who will be relocating back to London.She is currently COO of ABN AMRO Investment Solutions.…
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Northern hires for Lux
Northern Trust has appointed Raphaël Remond as deputy CEO of its continental European bank, Northern Trust Global Services SE. He reports to Olivier Noël, CEO of NTGS SE and country head for Luxembourg. Remond was previously COO of LIOR Global Partners, and also spent more than 25 years at State Street.
JTC hires director of treasury services
JTC, the C.I.-based professional services provider, has appointed Mark Forster as director – treasury services. He will be responsible for the day-to-day management of JTC’s treasury services business. He joins from Butterfield Bank.
Yealand hires head of business development
Hayley McLaren has joined Yealand Fund Services, the UK-based administrator, as head of business development. Prior to joining Yealand, she worked at Waystone/T Bailey Fund Services, along with roles at Capita and Nottinghamshire County Council.
Hamilton joins M&G
Dorothy Hamilton has joined M&G, the UK asset manager, as director of supplier management. She was previously global head of securities services operations for HSBC, based in Edinburgh. In 2023 Richard Godfrey, formerly co-head of HSBC’s securities services business, joined M&G as COO of the asset management business. Earlier in 2024 HSBC hired Mitesh Sharma…
Fireblocks hires CMO
Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for building blockchain applications and managing digital asset operations, has hired Michal Ferguson as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Fireblocks, Ferguson built and scaled the go-to-market functions at Snyk, a cybersecurity platform that integrates directly into development tools, workflows, and automation pipelines. BNY Mellon took a stake in Fireblocks in…
DTCC hires CCO
DTCC has appointed Sharon Biran as chief client officer. Biran joins the DTCC ExCo and will report to Frank La Salla, president, chief executive officer and director. She succeeds Timothy Keady, who has left the firm. Biran joins from Accenture.
Anton, Thrasher move at CIBC Mellon
At CIBC Mellon, Richard Anton has been appointed chief client officer, with Catherine Thrasher replacing him as chief operations officer. Anton assumes overall responsibility for the company’s relationship management, strategic client solutions, product development, corporate communications and marketing functions. Thrasher assumes responsibility for CIBC Mellon’s operations, including custody services, fund administration, investor recordkeeping, pension benefit…
Northern Trust appoints Paulin to new role
Northern Trust has appointed Gary Paulin to the newly created role of head of international enterprise client solutions. Paulin will focus on strengthening relationships with key Northern Trust clients across EMEA and AsPac at the highest levels of their organisations. Paulin, who was most recently head of global strategic solutions for asset servicing, will continue…
Terri Van Praagh to retire from NT
Terri Van Praagh is to retire from Northern Trust after a 41-year career in financial services. Van Praagh, who was most recently chief operating officer of Northern Trust’s global fund services business in the UK, will be replaced by Paul Smith, who is currently head of the GFS transformation office. He will report to Laurence…