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State Street has appointed Taro Kuryuzawa as country head for Japan, a newly created role. Based in Tokyo, Kuryuzawa will report to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for Asia Pacific. Kuryuzawa joined State Street earlier this year, from Deloitte Tohmatsu, where he was most recently head of institutional investor coverage in Japan and global lead…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has promoted Charlotte Cruickshank to global head of fund onboarding and solutions. Based in Jersey, she will oversee fund services for private equity, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure fund managers, reporting to Mike Hughes, global head of service lines and business development. She joined Ocorian in 2018.

State Street has appointed Elliot Graham as a managing director in the bank’s portfolio solutions team, heading the transition management business in Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, Graham will report to James Woodward, head of portfolio solutions for State Street Global Markets in Asia Pacific. He was most recently with Macquarie Securities and previously with…

The board of abrdn plc, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen, which has GBP535bn (USD743bn) AuM, has appointed Hannah Grove as a Non-Executive Director from 1 September 2021. Melanie Gee will stand down from the board at the conclusion of her second three-year term of appointment on 31 October 2021. Grove will succeed Gee as the board…

Andy Clayton has retired from Northern Trust after a 35-year career with the firm. Clayton held a number of senior positions with the securities finance and capital markets business lines, most recently as head of Northern Trust’s capital markets division in EMEA. He has also run the global securities lending business. His retirement is the…

Scott Markowitz has joined J.P. Morgan to head its Americas direct custody business. Markowitz spent four years at HSBC, most recently heading the securities services business in the Americas, following 16 years at BNY Mellon. J.P Morgan has also appointed Tom Casteleyn as head of global custody for EMEA, including responsibility for UK direct custody.…