IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has appointed Diana Senanayake to the dual role of managing director of its Luxembourg headquarters and regional CEO for Continental Europe. In her new position, she will lead the day-to-day running and strategic direction of IQ-EQ’s head office in Luxembourg; as well as taking responsibility for all activities across its continental European offices – including Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Cyprus. As a member of the firm’s global group management team, she will head up the regional leadership team encompassing finance, HR, operations, sales, risk and compliance as well as client relationship management and client services. Senanayake will report to IQ-EQ’s group chief executive officer, Mark Pesco.
Senanayake joins from BNP Paribas Securities Services, where she spent four years as CEO for Southeast Asia. Before that, she held a series of managing director positions with RBC Investor & Treasury Services, culminating as managing director, global client coverage.