Apex, the Bermuda-based administrator, has appointed co-heads for its private equity and real estate business, which administers c. USD300bn. Elaine Chim is appointed head of private equity and real estate for the Americas, and Gareth Smith is head of private equity and real estate for the EMEA and APAC regions. Chim joined Apex in 2018 as part of the group’s acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s alternative fund services business. Smith joined in 2019 as head of Apex’s Channel Islands operation. Prior to that, he worked at Maitland Group and R&H Fund Services.
