Ultimus Fund Solutions has hired several new senior managers. Jessica Chase joins as SVP, relationship management. She was previously at Apex. Lance Christofferson joins from SS&C as SVP, retail alternatives transfer agent. Kerric Kynard joins from ACA Group as SVP, business development. Jennifer Myers joins from Citi as SVP, fund accounting.
Category: People
Universal hires chief product officer
Universal Investment Group, the Europe-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has scored a major coup with the appointment of Ronan Doyle as chief product officer. Doyle joins from CACEIS, where he was global head of product management, based in Dublin, having transferred from RBC following the takeover. U-I has also promoted André Jaeger to…
Taskize appoints CEO
Taskize, the Euroclear-owned fintech, has appointed Diederik Geeraerts as CEO. He was most recently, global head of client service within Euroclear Bank and deputy branch manager of Euroclear’s Poland branch office. James Pike, currently Taskize’s interim CEO, will assume the role of chief revenue and business strategy officer. He replaced Philip Slavin, who decided to…
Cote takes new role at U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank has appointed Laura Cote as head of Global Fund Services (GFS) product. Cote has been with U.S. Bank for three years and was most recently a senior product manager for custody within the chief product office organisation. She previously spent 16 years at BBH, where she held operations and relationship management roles, as…
Taskize adds to management team
Taskize, the investment ops collaboration platform and Euroclear-owned fintech, has appointed Helen Adair as global head of business development and Alfred Escobedo as head of business development for the LATAM region. Adair was most recently at Morgan Stanley, where she was global head of client onboarding having previously spent over 12 years at J.P. Morgan.…
SimCorp appoints MEA head
SimCorp, the Deutsche Börse-owned fintech, has appointed Mourad Essofi as head of Middle East and Africa. SimCorp has regional offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh. Essofi joined SimCorp following its merger with Axioma in 2024.
Davides quits Broadridge
Lauren Davides has joined J.P. Morgan as an executive director in the product management team, based in Boston. Davides spent nearly 10 years at State Street – most recently as chief of staff for its digital business – before a brief spell at Broadridge.
SSBI appoints CAO
Barbara Roth has been appointed as chief administrative officer for Continental Europe at State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI). She will join the SSBI executive management board. Reporting to Yvette Hollingsworth Clark, chief compliance officer at State Street, and Andreas Przewloka, CEO of SSBI, her responsibilities will include overseeing key governance functions such as compliance,…
Zedra hires Lux MD
Zedra, the Switzerland-based administrator, is has appointed Peter Brown as managing director of its Luxembourg office. He was previously at Aztec.
Aboaf leaves State Street
Eric Aboaf, State Street vice chairman and chief financial officer, has decided to accept a new opportunity outside banking and is expected to leave State Street in February 2025. At that time Aboaf will join S&P Global as chief financial officer.