Jeff Conway has joined the board of directors at SimCorp, the Deutsche Börse-owned fintech. Conway spent more than 30 years at State Street, where he was a long-standing member of the firm’s management committee and held positions including head of global delivery and business transformation, as well as CEO for EMEA.
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CSC builds FCM team
CSC has expanded its newly combined funds and capital markets (FCM) division with the appointments of John Hebert and Venkat Srinivasan. Hebert will extend his current role to incorporate funds, moving from president of global capital markets to become president of the FCM division. Srinivasan has been appointed global head of funds and enterprise capabilities,…
State Street makes senior appointment in ME
State Street has appointed Majed Al Hassoun as country head for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Reporting to Oliver Berger, head of emerging growth markets, and Emmanuel Laurina, head of Middle East, Africa and official institutions, for State Street Global Advisors, he is based in Riyadh, and will also act as CEO of State Street Saudi…
NTRS appoints MEA head
Northern Trust has named Kashif Khalid as head of MEA. He joins from SimCorp, where he was managing director of MEA.
IDR hires U.S. bus dev director
IDR, the private funds clearinghouse, has appointed Gray Sain as business development director, based in New York. He joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, an international law firm.
Gen II hires European bus dev chief
Gen II Fund Services, the independent private capital administrator, has appointed Paul Spendiff as head of business development for Europe, based in London. He joins Gen II from Ocorian, where he was global head of fund sales. Earlier in 2024 Gen II completed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration…
NTRS hires senior sales manager
Northern Trust has hired Faisal Butt as a senior sales manager for EMEA, based in London. He joined from MSCI.
BNY hires in UAE
BNY has appointed Madiha Sattar as managing director and growth ventures partner, in a global role based in the United Arab Emirates. In this newly created role, Sattar joins the leadership team of BNY’s growth ventures business. Sattar joins BNY from Careem, the MENA region’s largest tech exit.
BNY hires from Goldman Sachs
BNY has hired Rajashree Datta as deputy chief risk officer. She will be a member of BNY’s ExCo, succeeding Senthil Kumar as BNY’s chief risk officer in 2025, following a transition. Datta joins BNY from Goldman Sachs where she most recently served as a partner and global head of finance risk, responsible for overseeing liquidity,…
Deutsche Börse promotes Kromann
Deutsche Börse AG’s supervisory board has appointed SimCorp CEO Christian Kromann to the executive board of Deutsche Börse AG where he will oversee the Investment Management Solutions (IMS) division. IMS is comprised of two businesses, SimCorp and ISS STOXX. SimCorp veteran and COO Georg Hetrodt will assume Kromann’s current responsibilities as CEO.