BBH has appointed co-heads of its Krakow, Poland office. Tim O’Brien and Rafal Grzech assume responsibility as co-heads and co-chairs of the Krakow ExCo, overseeing the service delivery and systems functions for investor services in Krakow. They replace Haluk Akdemir, who retires after a 29-year career at BBH. O’Brien oversees service delivery for Krakow, whilst…
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Deutsche Bank hires Nick Bone
Deutsche Bank has hired Nick Bone for the newly created role of head of sales, U.K., Middle East and Africa, for securities services. Bone reports to the EMEA head of sales, Stephen Wilkes. Bone has previously worked at BNY Mellon, Standard Chartered and Brown Brothers Harriman, inter alia.
Vroegop joins BNY Mellon
Simone Vroegop has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of investment managers, based in London. She replaces Mark Moor, who is retiring. Vroegop reports to Irene Speridakos, global head of investment managers. She was previously at BBH, where she led strategy for the investor services business, and also spent nearly 15 years at State Street.
BBH promotes Foley to global role
BBH has appointed Orla Foley as global head of relationship management for its investor servicew business. Foley, a principal of the firm, will relocate to BBH’s Boston office. She joined BBH in 1997 and was most recently head of relationship management for investor services in Europe.
BBH adds to Connectors platform
BBH has added Tourmaline Partners’ execution services to its Connectors platform. Tourmaline offers trading solutions for global equities, derivatives, and ETFs. Connectors brings together a cohort of specialist third-party fintech and service providers. Evan Fire, COO of Pzena Investment Management, said: “This is great news for the industry. BBH and Tourmaline are two first-class organisations…
BBH gets new sec lending chief
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Sarah Holmes as global head of securities lending. She joined BBH in 1995 and previously worked as chief administrative officer within BBH’s systems and technology division. Tom Poppey has assumed the role of head of product strategy in securities lending. In 2022 Marney McCabe, then co-head of global securities lending,…
BBH strengthens EMEA sales team
Brown Brothers Harriman has expanded its investor services sales team in Europe. David Murphy and Andrea Murray join BBH as European business development managers for alternatives and ETFs respectively, while Holly Gardner takes on the role of head of business development for Luxembourg. Murphy joins BBH’s alternatives team after most recently leading business development at…
Alger moves to BNY Mellon
Fred Alger Management, LLC, a privately-owned USD22bn growth equity investment manager, has appointed BNY Mellon to provide global fund services, as well as portfolio accounting, performance measurement and data management solutions. Alger expects to complete this transition by early 2024. Two of the outgoing providers are thought to be BBH as custodian, and UMB as…
Gen II hires BBH veteran in Lux
Michael Mekhaeel has joined Gen II Fund Services as head of depositary at Gen II Luxembourg Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Mekhaeel previously spent 17 years at BBH in Luxembourg. Gen II focuses exclusively on the private capital sector, and claims to have USD900bn AuA.
BBH hires ETF veteran from Vanguard
Brown Brothers Harriman has hired Tim Huver to join its ETF team. In this role, Huver is responsible for executing the firm’s ETF servicing growth strategy in the U.S. by fostering new client relationships and providing consultative services to help managers build a comprehensive ETF operating model. Huver joins BBH from Vanguard, where his 23-year…