Northern Trust has appointed Caroline Higgins as the head of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and Iain Carey as the head of Global Funds Services in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Higgins will report to Angelo Calvitto, recently named head of Asia Pacific asset servicing. Reporting to Higgins, and assuming her prior role as head…
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Northern Trust promotes Julie Zhu to lead asset servicing in China
Northern Trust has appointed Julie Zhu to lead its asset servicing business in China. Zhu, who is based in Beijing, assumes the role of branch manager from Michael Wu, who was most recently country executive for Greater China. She will report to Angelo Calvitto, who was recently appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region. Zhu, who…
State Street appoints new heads of Taiwan & Hong Kong
State Street has appointed Pauline Wong as head of the Hong Kong SAR and Ilona Chen as head of Taiwan. These newly created roles will report to Mostapha Tahiri, head of Asia Pacific. Wong and Chen will oversee all State Street’s businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively. Wong joined State Street in 2011 and…
State Street hires Jason Knight as global head of insurance
State Street has appointed Jason Knight as global head of the firm’s insurance segment. Knight joins from BNY Mellon, where he was most recently head of the insurance segment in the Americas for the asset servicing business.
Intertrust to open in France
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider, is to open its first office in France and has appointed Regis Leleu as country head. He joins from Citco.
Malcolm Pobjoy leaves Vistra
Malcolm Pobjoy has left Vistra, where he was group commercial director for the Americas, to join Osborne Clarke, a UK-based law firm, as head of U.S. business development. He will be based in New York.
Intertrust appoints Jon Barratt as Cayman MD
Intertrust has appointed Jon Barratt as MD of its Cayman business. He was previously MD of its Singapore operation.
Ocorian hires Mike Hughes as global head of service lines
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Mike Hughes as global head of service lines. In his new role, Hughes has ultimate responsibility for all client segments and will also join Ocorian’s ExCo. He was previously global head of J.P. Morgan’s global custody product.
Vistra hires Steven van Tuijl to head continental Europe
Vistra, the Singapore-based corporate and fund administrator, has appointed Steven van Tuijl as regional managing director, Continental Europe. Steven also joins Vistra’s ExCo. He has full responsibility for the leadership and development of Vistra businesses in Continental Europe, which include 1500 employees across 15 markets. He joins Vistra after 10 years at ADP, the payroll…
Angelo Calvitto to head Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in APAC
Northern Trust has named Angelo Calvitto to lead its asset servicing business in Asia Pacific. Calvitto, who was most recently country head for Northern Trust in Australia, will succeed William Mak, who is retiring from the company after 11 years. Calvitto will be based in Melbourne.